Pu-erh

English

Proper noun

Pu-erh

1. (historical) Alternative form of Pu'er in Yunnan, China.
   • 1885 May 14, “NOTES”, in Nature‎^[1], page 37:

     In reporting to the Empress of China the occurrence of a violent earthquake at the town of Pu-erh on November 14 last year, the Viceroy of Yunnan observes with humility that this awful visitation is to be regarded as a penalty of Heaven for his own inefficiency and incompetency and that of his staff.

   • [2009, Mark Ukra, Sharyn Kolberg, The Ultimate Tea Diet: Burn Fat and Lose Pounds Fast and Forever‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:

     The rarest and most expensive type of tea in the world is the mysterious Pu-Erh (poo-AIR) tea from the Pu-Erh region of China.]

   • 2012, “Pu-erh Tea”, in The China Tea Book‎^[3], CYPI Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100:

     Pu-erh tea takes its name from its production area in Pu-erh County, Yunnan Province. It is made of broad-leaved tea, and available as loose leaves, compressed tea cakes, tea bricks of varied sizes and tea bowls.

Noun

Pu-erh (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Alternative letter-case form of pu-erh, a kind of tea from Pu'er.

References

• “Pu-erh, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• upher