1. Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
   "Betel leaves were wrapped around the areca nuts for chewing"; "betel pepper leaves were wrapped around the areca nuts for chewing"; "Piper betel leaves were wrapped around the areca nuts for chewing";
   - betel pepper, Piper betel
    
2. A leaf of a vine from the betel pepper
   "Betel leaves are commonly chewed in some Asian cultures";
   - betel leaf

Sounds like: beetle

Derived forms: betels

Type of: leaf, pepper vine, true pepper

Part of: genus Piper, Piper

Encyclopedia: Betel