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Webster 1913 Edition
Betel
Be′tel
(bē′t’l)
, Noun.
[Pg., fr. Tamil
veṭṭilei
, 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.