be·tel (b t l)n. An evergreen Indo-Malayan climbing or trailing shrub (Piper betle), having usually ovate leaves used to wrap betel nuts. [Portuguese, from Malayalam vettila, ve  ila, from Tamil veilai.] |
betel [ˈbiːtəl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
[from Portuguese, from Malayalam vettila]
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| Noun | 1. |  betel - Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asiansgenus Piper, Piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs pepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
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