betel
noun/ˈbiːtl/
/ˈbiːtl/
[uncountable]- the leaves of a climbing plant, also called betel, chewed (= bitten but not eaten) by people in AsiaWord Originmid 16th cent.: via Portuguese from Malayalam ver̲r̲ila.
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