betel
or be·tel pepper
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
Origin of betel
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How to use betel in a sentence
Later, if they decide to separate, the couple must break a betel nut to break the union.
Alila's grandmother prepared a quantity of betel before the new baby was born.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeThe Chinese and natives of the place chew this nut with betel-leaf and calcined mussel-shells.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe Dhimal propitiate Data and Bedata by presents of betel-leaf and red-lead.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamAll men who attended had a head-dress made of the leaf petiole of the betel tree and the red leaves of the dongola plant.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt Willcox
The ex-queen chewed betel and smiled at him, and he, in return, tickled the soles of her feet till she screamed.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
British Dictionary definitions for betel
/ (ˈbiːtəl) /
an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
Origin of betel
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