betel nut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
    areca nut.

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Be"tel nut`
Definitions
  1. The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

Webster 1913