betel nut
(ˈbit lˌdʒuz, ˈbɛt lˌdʒœz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the astringent kernel of the seed of the betel palm, chewed in many tropical regions in combination with slaked lime and the leaves of the betel plant.
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pan
(ɑn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a substance, esp. betel nut or a betel-nut mixture, used for chewing.
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betel
(betel, betel pepper, Piper betel)
Princeton's WordNet
Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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betel pepper
(betel, betel pepper, Piper betel)
Princeton's WordNet
Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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piper betel
(betel, betel pepper, Piper betel)
Princeton's WordNet
Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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areca nut
(betel nut, areca nut)
Princeton's WordNet
seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
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betel nut
(betel nut, areca nut)
Princeton's WordNet
seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
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pan
Webster Dictionary
the betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel
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pan
(ɑn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the leaf of the betel.
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penang nut
Webster Dictionary
the betel nut
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betel nut
Webster Dictionary
the nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime
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areca
Webster Dictionary
a genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime
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areca catechu
(betel palm, Areca catechu)
Princeton's WordNet
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
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betel palm
(betel palm, Areca catechu)
Princeton's WordNet
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
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areca
(əˈri kə, ˈær ɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
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betel
Webster Dictionary
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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