Betel

[bi:tәl]

Definition

(noun.) Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.

Checker: Tina--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

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Definition

n. the betel-nut or nut of the areca palm with lime and the leaves of the Betel-Pepper chewed by the Malays as a stimulant.

Checker: Maryann