gyokuro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 玉露 (literally “jade dew”).

Noun

gyokuro (uncountable)

1. A kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.
   • 2020 January 2, Thomas Chatterton Williams, “The Best of Japanese Dining and Design, Under One Parisian Roof”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The adjacent tea shop will have its own roaster and a counter of copper-topped black stone […] where guests can choose between rare green varieties such as hojicha and gyokuro.

Japanese

Romanization

gyokuro

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎょくろ