meaning of betel
1. 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.
2. The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
3. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut seed of the betel palm by southeast Asians
Related Words
betel | betel nut | betel palm | betel pepper | betelgeuse | betelguese |
