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Betel

Betel Meaning & Definition
Betel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Betel?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Betel: betel pepper | Piper betel

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See Also | genus Piper | pepper vine | Piper | true pepper

Betel In Webster's Dictionary

\Be"tel\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil ve[.t][.t]ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) 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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