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betel

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be=tel

CIDE DICTIONARY

beteln. [Pg., fr. Tamil ve, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

betel, n. the leaf of the Asian evergreen climbing plant Piper betle, chewed in the East with parings of the areca nut.

Idiom
betel-nut the areca nut.
Etymology
Port. f. Malayalam vettila

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