Definition of "oolongs" [oolongs]

• Plural form of oolong. (noun)

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• "I've been cooking with a lot of teas—steaming with smoked teas and oolongs."
• "The tea menu is a tiny piece of delight, with descriptions that blithely use words like "velutinous" and "viridescent" and "vegetal" to describe their oolongs and whites and blacks."
• ""Technically, except for fannings and fines, the terms should apply only to black, or fermented, tea," Dick says, "but nowadays I often see oolongs labeled" orange pekoe, "and even some green teas are labeled pekoe or flowery pekoe.""