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betel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betel pepper, piper betel |
| Type of | true pepper, pepper vine |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betel leaf |
| Type of | leafage, leaf, foliage |
Examples of betel
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To initiate my training I had to offer The Master a betel nut, a leaf and a coin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Now you can get betel nut soap, betel nut liquor, even betel nut chicken feed.
From the latimes.com
Desolate bourse employees sit idle, spitting red betel-nut juice on the walls.
From the time.com
Such cases are rare among both smokers and betel-nut chewers with good teeth.
From the time.com
The betel leaf chewed along with it contains eugenol, also a vasoconstrictor.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The principal crops are coconuts, bananas, betel nuts, cassava, and sweet potatoes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Vendors, of course, claim the restrictions will shrink demand for betel nuts.
From the time.com
At one point, a young couple present him with a stack of betel leaves to be blessed.
From the time.com
Everything is good here, but the aromatic betel leaves with prawn takes some beating.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
- The Betel (Piper betle) is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, which includes pepper and Kava. It is valued both as a mild stimulant and for its medicinal properties.
- A spice chewed with palm nuts (also known as betel nuts), bui vine, powdery calcium oxide|lime fromsnail animal shell|shells, and other ingredients
- The commonest traditional stimulant of southern and southeastern Asia is betel. Like pituri and coca, betel is customarily made up as a chewing packet that includes ash. ...
- Evergreen climbing plant indigenous to parts of Asia and cultivated as a commercial crop in Madagascar, Bourbon and the West Indies; its leaves contain a stimulant and digestive aid.
