betel nut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

betel nut
    n 1: seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper
         and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in
         southeastern Asia [syn: {betel nut}, {areca nut}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Betel nut \Be"tel nut`\
   The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with
   betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
   [1913 Webster]

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