- betel leaves
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English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
betel leaves
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Betel nut — Be tel nut The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
betel nut — ► NOUN ▪ the astringent seed of an areca palm, chewed with betel leaves … English terms dictionary
Betel — For the mixture of leaf and nut, see Paan. For the biblical place, see Bethel. Betel Scientific classification Kingdom: Plan … Wikipedia
betel — /ˈbitl/ (say beetl) noun 1. Also, betel pepper, betel vine. a tropical Asian climbing pepper plant, Piper betle, with glossy heart shaped leaves. 2. the leaves of this plant, widely used in South and South East Asia and the Pacific as a mild… …
betel nut — noun seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia • Syn: ↑areca nut • Hypernyms: ↑edible seed • Part Holonyms: ↑betel palm, ↑Areca catechu * * * noun, pl ⋯ nuts … Useful english dictionary
betel palm — /ˈbitl pam/ (say beetl pahm) noun a tall, graceful, Asian palm, Areca catechu, that bears the betel nut; areca palm. {from its association with betel, the nut of this palm being used together with betel leaves as a stimulant} …
betel nut — noun Etymology: from its being chewed with betel leaves Date: 1673 the astringent seed of the betel palm … New Collegiate Dictionary
betel nut — [bēt′ l] n. [because chewed with betel pepper leaves] the fruit of the betel palm, chewed with leaves of the betel pepper by some Southeast Asian peoples as a mild stimulant … English World dictionary
Betel — Be tel (b[=e] t l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil ve[.t][.t]ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
betel — The dried leaves of Piper betle (family Piperaceae), a climbing East Indian plant; used as a stimulant and narcotic. [Pg. b., betle, fr. Malayalam or Tamil vetilla] * * * be·tel bēt əl n a climbing pepper (Piper betle) of southeastern Asia whose… … Medical dictionary
betel — /beet l/, n. an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients. Also, betel pepper. [1545 55; < Pg bétele, bétere < Malayalam virrila or Tamil verrilai] * * * Either of two different plants that are… … Universalium
