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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 Asians
Familiarity information: PIPER BETEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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