betel

/beet-l/US // ˈbit l //UK // (ˈbiːtəl) //

槟榔,槟城,槟榔树,槟郎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.

Later, if they decide to separate, the couple must break a betel nut to break the union.
Alila's grandmother prepared a quantity of betel before the new baby was born.
The Chinese and natives of the place chew this nut with betel-leaf and calcined mussel-shells.
The Dhimal propitiate Data and Bedata by presents of betel-leaf and red-lead.
All men who attended had a head-dress made of the leaf petiole of the betel tree and the red leaves of the dongola plant.
The ex-queen chewed betel and smiled at him, and he, in return, tickled the soles of her feet till she screamed.