NOUN
- southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
How To Use betel palm In A Sentence
- Pan, or betel nut (seed of the betel palm) eaten with lime, is taken after meals and often throughout the day.
- The mildly narcotic nut of the betel palm is chewed by many labourers who say it helps them stay alert during long working hours.
- The beaches of Kashid and Nandgaon with their whispering casuarina, coconut and betel palms are a balm for the weary city dweller.
- I ask Woolford when we stop to wait for the porters to stuff betelnut - a mild stimulant extracted from the betel palm - into their cheeks.