hyson
(noun) a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hyson (countable and uncountable, plural hysons)
A Chinese green tea.
• Yohns
Hyson (plural Hysons)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hyson is the 20157th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1324 individuals. Hyson is most common among White (72.81%) and Black/African American (20.47%) individuals.
• Yohns
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"son, n. Etym: [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.]
Definition: A fragrant kind of green tea. Hyson skin, the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine. M'Culloch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
