noun. A black Chinese tea, originally the choicest grade but later an inferior variety.

noun. A general name for tea.

noun. An inferior kind of black tea, grown on the Woo-ye hills of China, or tea of a similar quality grown in other districts of the same country. See tea.

noun. Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under tea.

noun. A black tea from China. Originally referred to a high quality tea, now refers to a lower-grade tea.

"Dr. Cunningham, physician to the English settlement at Cimsan, and Kampfer assert, that the bohea is the leaves of the first collection."