Betel

Word BETEL
Character 5
Hyphenation be tel
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Definitions and meanings of "Betel"

What do we mean by betel?

An evergreen vine (Piper betle) of South and Southeast Asia, having heart-shaped or ovate leaves that are used to wrap betel nuts. noun

A species of pepper, Piper betle, a creeping, or climbing plant, a native of the East Indies, natural order Piperaceæ. noun

A piece of betel-nut. noun

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. noun

Either of two plants often used in combination noun

Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians noun

Either of two plants often used in combination:

A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

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Addictive nuts that Micronesian people love to suck. Urban Dictionary

A woman selling betel nuts(Areca catechu)from roadside stands in Taiwan. The women may vary in appearance from sexy and scantily clad to conservative and matronly. Also known as binlang beauties. Urban Dictionary

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The word "betel" in example sentences

In the rare instances where scholarly literature mentions its subjective effects, the news about betel is uniformly good: It imparts the ... repeatedly described sensation of well-being, good humor, excitation, and comfort ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

When a visitor calls the betel-box is immediately passed to him; and as in regard to the eating of salt in Western Asia, so, in the eastern and southern portions, those who have once partaken of betel-nut together are ever after sworn to faithful and undying friendship. ❋ Various (N/A)

The tall, slender areca palm, which stands about every kampong, supplies the natives with their great luxury -- an acorn, known as the betel-nut, which, when crushed and mixed with lime leaves, takes the place of our chewing tobacco. ❋ Rounsevelle Wildman (1882)

The betel is a species of pepper, the leaf of which very much resembles that of the black pepper, but is highly aromatic and pungent. ❋ Samuel White Baker (1857)

The betel is a creeping-plant with an aromatic leaf. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

This is an herb called betel, or _paune_, its leaf resembling that of our ivy. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

The source of their euphoria is "binglang," the dried fruit of the areca palm, sometimes referred to as betel nut, which sets the nervous system buzzing and warms the body, especially after a large banquet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She escaped a year again and through Apne-Aap has started her own "betel" shop (a digestive snack). ❋ Unknown (2006)

Strictly speaking, "betel" is the leaf of a climbing plant (buyo) that is chewed with the nut. ❋ Fletcher Gardner (N/A)

Thus, if your mother-in-law is called Dalu, which means "betel," you may not ask for betel by its ordinary name, you must ask for "red mouth"; if you want betel-leaf, you may not say betel-leaf (dalu 'mun), you must say karon fenna. ❋ Unknown (1922)

Each man had a strong wooden "betel" box, on which he generally sat, a sleeping-mat, and a change of clothes -- rowing naked, with only a sarong or a waistcloth. ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

He was thinking still more of rice curry and chutnee; but above all, of his beloved "betel," for which the "bang" of the _cannabis sativa_ was but a poor substitute. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The "betel," or "pawn" as it is called by the Hindoos, is a compound substance, and its component parts are a leaf, a nut, and some quicklime. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

He had been suffering for the want of his "betel" for a long while, and the rhubarb tobacco had proved but a poor substitute. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Perhaps the columnist meant "betel" and not beetle nut ... fact checking is fundamental

Farmers in India use E. variegata to support climbing plants such as betel (Piper belle), black pepper (Piper nigrum), vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) and yam (Dioscorea spp.) (Hegde, 1993). ❋ Unknown (1996)

Farmers in India use E variegate to support climbing plants such as betel (Piper belle), black pepper (Piper nigrum), vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) and yam (Dioscorea spp.) (Hegde, 1993). ❋ Unknown (1996)

a nut, which Fleming thought was a kind of betel; the tree is a fine, large-spreading one, and the leaves palmate. ❋ Unknown (2004)

[She is] [one] [hot peice] of Betel! ❋ I Love Yoooh (2009)

[Paa] Tiave sucks [betel nut] at [Food Giant's]. ❋ I Win Already. (2011)

Stanley almost [rear-ended] the car in front of him when he stared at a betel nut beauty in a [microskirt] instead of [minding] the traffic. ❋ Joe Rodolico (2008)

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