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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Users prepare Tunbol by wrapping small pieces of sliced, dried betel seeds into a fully grown betel pepper leaf, along with pellets of slaked lime, an inorganic compound also known as calcium hydroxide, which releases stimulating alkaloids and causes users to salivate.
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Each dried nut is then wrapped, together with a piece of shell lime, in a leaf of the betel pepper and chewed.
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It's just betelnut, the mildly narcotic seed from the fruit of the betel pepper which truck drivers and labourers use to help them stay awake.
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