betel pepper


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Noun1.betel pepper - Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
betel, Piper betel
genus 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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