Betel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Betel \Be"tel\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil ve[.t][.t]ilei,
     prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.)
     A species of pepper ({Piper betle}), the leaves of which are
     chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime,
     by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber
     with ovate many-nerved leaves.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  betel
       n : Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel
           nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians [syn: {betel
           pepper}, {Piper betel}]