betel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination
Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination:
An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper.
The betel palm, Areca catechu, and in particular its seed, the areca nut or betel nut.
A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

/ˈbiːtəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-betel.wav

betel betels beetel beetle

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).

areca paan

betel bag betelchewing betel leaf betel nut betel palm betel pepper betelseller betel seller wild betel

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