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Betel



noun
1.
(a tropical Asian climbing plant. -betel nut the fruit of the betel palm. -betel palm a palm grown in SE Betel Asia Palm) betel leaf ម្លូ, wild betel សាភ្លូ, betel palm ដើមស្លា, betel nut ស្លា, betel pepper ដើមម្លូ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.