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betel palm

NOUN
  1. 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.
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