Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEither of two (parts of) plants often used in combination · An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper. · The betel palm, Areca catechu, and in particular its seed, the areca nut or betel nut. · A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).
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