betel (bē`təl), masticatory made from slices of betel palm seeds (called betel nuts) smeared onto a betel pepper leaf together with other aromatic flavorings and lime paste and rolled up. The betel palm palm, common name for members of the Palmae, a large family of chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines. Most species are treelike, characterized by a crown of compound leaves, called fronds, terminating a tall, woody, unbranched stem.
..... Click the link for more information. (Areca catechu) and the betel pepper (Piper betle of the pepper pepper, name for the fruits of several unrelated Old and New World plants used as spices or vegetables or in medicine. Old World (True) Peppers

Black pepper (Piper nigrum
..... Click the link for more information. family) are native to and widely cultivated in S Asia, where betel has been chewed since ancient times and is an article of considerable commerce. Betel contains alkaloids that increase the heart rate and induce a sense of euphoria. Habitual chewing stains the teeth and is linked to oral cancer.

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The betel nut, seed of the areca palm (Areca catechu)

(credit: Wayne Lukas–Group IV—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers)

Either of two different plants that are widely used in combination for chewing purposes in southern Asia and the East Indies. The betel nut is the seed of the areca, or betel, palm (Areca catechu), family Palmae; the betel leaf is from the betel pepper, or pan plant (Piper betle), family Piperaceae. For chewing, a small piece of the areca palm's fruit is wrapped in a leaf of the betel pepper, along with a pellet of lime to cause salivation and release the stimulating alkaloids. Chewing results in a heavy flow of brick-red saliva, which may temporarily dye the mouth, lips, and gums orange-brown. Betel nuts yield an alkaloid that veterinarians use as a worming agent.

betel

an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia

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No references found	Upon the car, which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus, stood a hideous statue with four arms, the body coloured a dull red, with haggard eyes, dishevelled hair, protruding tongue, and lips tinted with betel. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context It was as though they were passing along a beaten highway in the center of a civilized community; and yet she knew that the men who lolled upon the verandahs, puffing indolently upon their cigarettes or chewing betel nut, were all head hunters, and that along the verandah rafters above them hung the grisly trophies of their prowess. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Two or three boys awoke and watched him while they prepared and chewed betel nut and lime wrapped in green leaves. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context	Beta/VHS debacle Betab, Abdulkhak Sufi Betacam Betacam SX betacyanin betafite Betaherpesvirinae betaine Betal Edykovich Kalmykov Betal Kalmykov betalain Betamax Betamaxed betamethasone Betancourt, Romulo Betancourt, Rómulo Betania betanin betaphile betatron betatron oscillations betaware betaxanthin Betekhtin, Anatolii Betekhtin, Anatolii Georgievich betel Betel Leaf betel nut Betelgeuse Beten Beth-anath Beth-anoth Beth-arabah Beth-aven Beth-baal-meon Beth-car Beth-haccerem Beth-haran Beth-hogla Beth-horon Beth-jeshimoth Beth-lebaoth Beth-marcaboth Beth-meon Beth-millo Beth-nimrah Beth-peor Beth-rehob Beth-shan Beth-shemesh Beth-shittah	BETC BETCC betcha betcha BETCO BETD BETDZ BeTe BeTe bête Bete noir bete noire bête noire bête noire Bète, Légende, Star, Menace BETEC BETECH Beteela Beteem Betegsegek Nemzetkozi Osztalyozasa Beteigeuze Beteigeuze Beteiligungs-Management-Gesellschaft Berlin Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Gewerkschaften AG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Zukunftsenergien AG Beteiligungskapital Betekhtin, Anatolii Betekhtin, Anatolii Georgievich betel Betel juice Betel juice Betel leaf Betel leaf betel leaf stain betel leaf stain betel leaf stain betel leaf stain betel nut betel nut betel nut Betel Nut Chewing Betel nut tree Betel nut tree Betel nuts Betel nuts betel palm betel palm betel pepper Betel Quid Betel Quid with Tobacco Betel-nut Betel-nut BETelE Betelgeuese Betelgeuese Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeux Betelgeux

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Upon the car, which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus, stood a hideous statue with four arms, the body coloured a dull red, with haggard eyes, dishevelled hair, protruding tongue, and lips tinted with betel.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

It was as though they were passing along a beaten highway in the center of a civilized community; and yet she knew that the men who lolled upon the verandahs, puffing indolently upon their cigarettes or chewing betel nut, were all head hunters, and that along the verandah rafters above them hung the grisly trophies of their prowess.

The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Two or three boys awoke and watched him while they prepared and chewed betel nut and lime wrapped in green leaves.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

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