The shrubby evergreen plant (Piper betle or Chavica betel, family Piperaceæ) which yields this leaf. Also called betel-pepper, betel-vine.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > betel plant (5) betel1553 The shrubby evergreen plant (Piper betle or Chavica betel, family Piperaceæ) which yields this leaf. Also called betel-pepper, betel-vine. betel-tree1681 betel nut n. the nut or fruit of the Areca Palm (see areca, n.); so misnamed (by Europeans) because it is chewed with the betel leaf. Hence betel-nu… sirih1779 A trailing tropical shrub, Piper betle, of the family Piperaceæ, native to Indonesia, where the pungent leaves are chewed with areca nuts; also… Subcategories:— betel leaf (2) |
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