betel
IPA: bˈɛtʌɫ
noun
- Either of two plants often used in combination:
- an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper
- the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
- A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
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Examples of "betel" in Sentences
- Paan is often served wrapped in a betel leaf,
- Betel nuts are, after all, an agricultural product.
- And stop referencing ex devotees as authorities on betel nut.
- Betel is considered a sacred herb with many medicinal values.
- Betel leaf cultivation is one of the major source of revenue.
- Presently this area is utilized for coconut and betel cultivation.
- After the meals, betel leaves and nuts are chewed in a leisurely way.
- The areca nut represented the male and the betel leaf the female principle.
- The contents of the betel pouch of the deceased were eaten after his death.
- It seems betel refers to the chew or the nut as often as the leaf of P. betel.
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