Obs. [Chinese bing, dial. form of ming, the name of a Chinese character often denoting the leaves of the tea-plant, and especially the tender leaves or leaf-buds. Prof. Legge.] A kind of tea.
1701. Phil. Trans., XXIII. 1205. The Bohe … is the very first bud gather’d … The Bingtea is the second growth in April.
1721. Lond. Gaz., No. 5934/3. One Chest Bing per Carnarvan.
