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PIPER BETEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piper betel mean? 

PIPER BETEL (noun)
  The noun PIPER BETEL has 1 sense:

1. Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asiansplay

  Familiarity information: PIPER BETEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIPER BETEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

betel; betel pepper; Piper betel

Hypernyms ("Piper betel" is a kind of...):

pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Holonyms ("Piper betel" is a member of...):

genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)


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