Hy"son (?), n. [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.]
A fragrant kind of green tea.
Hyson skin, the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine.
M'Culloch.
© Webster 1913.
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