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Definition of Betel
1. Noun. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
Group relationships: Genus Piper, Piper
Generic synonyms: Pepper Vine, True Pepper
Definition of Betel
1. n. 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.
Definition of Betel
1. Noun. Either of two plants often used in combination ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Betel
1. a climbing plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Betel
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Betel
Literary usage of Betel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"Fondness for the betel in India.—Sensible effects of betel-chewing ... Substitutes
for betel.—Catechu and gambir extract; extending consumption of the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The name betel is appb'ed to two different plants, which in the East are very
... The betel nut is the fruit of the Areca or betel palm, Arten Catechu, ..."
3. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"3 For an account of the medicinal influence of betel chewing, Bee Part I. c. iii.
§ ii. p. 112. 4 ROYLE 3 Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine, p. 85. ..."
4. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"betel quid chewing is an ancient practice—several millennia old. betel quid is
mentioned in ancient religious texts, medicinal treatises, literary works, ..."
5. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1871)
"The Pen-ts ao, ! states further, that there are several kinds I of betel -popper.
The Ch. W. gives (XXV p. 45) a tolerably good drawing of the ..."
6. Sissano: Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia by William Churchill (1916)
"In Vani- kolo and Tikopia betel and kava occur together, but while betel is chewed
in everyday life, the use of kava is limited to religious ..."
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