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betel
[ beet-l ]
noun
- an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
betel
/ ˈbiːtəl /
noun
- an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle , the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
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Example Sentences
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.
The Chinese and natives of the place chew this nut with betel-leaf and calcined mussel-shells.
The Dhimal propitiate Data and Bedata by presents of betel-leaf and red-lead.
All 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 ex-queen chewed betel and smiled at him, and he, in return, tickled the soles of her feet till she screamed.
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