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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: betel n : Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians [syn: {betel pepper}, {Piper betel}]
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