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1. (n.) betel
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
Etymology: (1545–55; < Pg bétele, bétere < Malayalam vi&rbarbelow;&rbarbelow;ila)
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1. (noun) betel, betel pepper, Piper betel
Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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1. (noun) betel
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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