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Noun: betel  bee-t(u)l
  1. A leaf of a vine from the betel pepper
    - betel leaf
     
  2. Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
    - betel pepper, Piper betel

Sounds like: beetle

Derived forms: betels

Type of: foliage, leaf, leafage, pepper vine, true pepper

Part of: genus Piper, Piper

Encyclopedia: Betel

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