Meaning

1 senses
  1. An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.

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    бете́льный оре́хbetélʹnyj oréx, оре́х бете́льoréx betélʹ

    seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Betel nuts come from the betel palm.

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  2. Betel nuts come from the areca palm.

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  3. Hey, could you spare a couple of betel nuts?

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm:

Forms

plural: betel nuts

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia:areca nut

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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