betel

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination

   “Her face was flushed with the tingling effect of betel leaves.”

2. isim An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper.
3. isim The betel palm, Areca catechu, and in particular its seed, the areca nut or betel nut.
4. isim A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

   “In a small Bamboo case, prettily carved and ornamented, the Dyak carries his sirih and lime for betel chewing, and his little long-bladed knife has a Bamboo sheath.”