noun
oolong tea
Abbreviation of ウーロン茶. Used in compounds or menus, but the full form is more common in everyday speech.
from Chinese wūlóng
See also: ウーロン茶 (ウーロンちゃ)
ウーロン茶ではなく、単にウーロンと呼ばれることもある。
Instead of ウーロン茶, it is sometimes simply called ウーロン.
メニューに「ウーロン」とだけ書いてあった。
The menu just said 'oolong'.
Irregular kanji usage; 鳥 is a common misspelling for 烏.
The full, more common term for oolong tea. ウーロン is its abbreviation.
From Chinese 烏龍 (wūlóng), meaning 'black dragon', referring to the dark, twisted leaves of oolong tea.