Definitions for pekoe

pekoe pe·koe

Spelling: [pee-koh]
IPA: /ˈpi koʊ/

Pekoe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in pekoe (eekop).

Definitions for pekoe

noun

  1. a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.

Origin of pekoe

1705-15; dialectal Chinese (Xiamen) pek-ho, akin to Chinese báu white + hòu empress

Examples for pekoe

He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong.

This changes the quality of the pekoe, for these leaves being scarcely formed, can have very little sap or flavour.

The pekoe is a particular kind of tea-shrub, the leaves of which are all black on the one side, and all white on the other.

The second leaves make the tea called "orange pekoe," while the third leaves produce a grade of tea called simply "pekoe."

He hunted out a little tea shop, where he meditated over three cups of pekoe and hot buttered toast.

The best black teas in general use are pekoe and pouchong; the best green teas are imperial, young hyson, and gunpowder.

Word Value for pekoe
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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