betel
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbeɪtəl/
- Indian
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betel
- The wares range from produce, spices, and flowers to fish and betel nut to household goods, blankets, and clothing.
- betel nut
- betel pepper
- chew betel
Examples
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Trade in the key commodities, textiles, opium, saltpeter, and betel nuts was carefully managed to keep the empire on top.
Blog text (32) -
The vendor offered fresh betel leaves, expertly wrapped with spices and nuts inside.
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Should a guest come, we offer betel and tobacco.
Academic text (1993) -
So people in South Asia and Southeast Asia chew these leaves and these nuts, which are called betel nuts and betel leaves.
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I will have her gather betel, a pig's head, and joss and pack them in wedding boxes.
Fiction book (2002) -
In return, the Sawiyano traded a variety of products, seemingly whatever was on hand: betel, tobacco, garden produce, marsupial skins, and bows and arrows.
Academic text (1992) -
The burden of oral cancers has been linked with betel nut and tobacco chewing, for example, in the Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands.
Academic text (2016) -
In Indonesia, the rootlets are chewed with betel nut and the juice swallowed as a remedy for coughs and asthma.
Academic text (2002) -
In many Asian countries, people enjoy chewing betel leaves with areca nut for a refreshing experience.
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After a meal, it is common in some cultures to chew betel leaves, which are believed to aid digestion.
Synonyms
1
7.7
A green leaf from a vine used in Asia for chewing with a nut or tobacco
An Asian climbing plant whose leaves people chew with betel nut
A climbing Asian plant whose leaves people chew with betel nut
Compounds
- Indian
1
8.3
A seed chewed with betel leaves and lime to make you feel more awake, often in South and Southeast Asia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Betel comes from a South Indian word vettila for the 'betel leaf'. A helpful way to remember it is that a betel leaf is the green leaf people in India and Southeast Asia chew with areca nut and use in ceremonies.