Definitions for orange pekoe

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

or′ange pe′koe(n.)

  1. a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Sri Lanka.

Origin of orange pekoe:

1875–80

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orange pekoe, pekoe(noun)

    a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java

Wiktionary

  1. orange pekoe(Noun)

    An expensive grade of black tea from India and Sri Lanka


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