BETEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does betel mean? 

• BETEL (noun)
  The noun BETEL has 2 senses:

1. a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper

2. Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

  Familiarity information: BETEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leaf of a vine from the betel pepper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

betel; betel leaf

Hypernyms ("betel" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

betel; betel pepper; Piper betel

Hypernyms ("betel" is a kind of...):

pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Holonyms ("betel" is a member of...):

genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)

 Context examples 

It is associated with betel quid chewing, a habit practiced in Southeast Asia and India.

(Oral Cavity Submucous Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called betel quid with tobacco.

(Gutka, NCI Dictionary)

Betel quid with tobacco contains nicotine and many harmful, cancer-causing chemicals.

(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)

It is a mixture of tobacco, crushed areca nut (also called betel nut), spices, and other ingredients.

(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)