n. A black tea from China. Originally referred to a high quality tea, now refers to a lower-grade tea.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under tea.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A general name for tea.
n. 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.
Word Usage
"Jervas said that he would take chocolate; Alexander, bohea."