assam

/AA0 S AA1 M/
noun
  1. 1

    A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.

  2. 2

    (historical) The former realm it was named after.

  3. 3

    Ellipsis of Assam tea, tea from or similar to that grown in Assam; any tea made from the broad-leaf Assam variety of tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).