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betel

or be·tel pepper

[ beet-l ]

noun

  1. an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.


betel

/ ˈbiːtəl /

noun

  1. an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle , the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of betel1

1545–55; < Portuguese bétele, bétere < Malayalam viṟṟila or Tamil veṟṟilai
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Word History and Origins

Origin of betel1

C16: from Portuguese, from Malayalam vettila
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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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