| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| betel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | be·tel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t l |
| NOUN: | An evergreen Indo-Malayan climbing or trailing shrub (Piper betle), having usually ovate leaves used to wrap betel nuts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese, from Malayalam vettila, ve ila, from Tamil veilai.
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