Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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] ||
Wiktionary
n. An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.
WordNet
n. seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia [syn: areca nut]
Usage examples of "betel nut".
Make a litter and take the pilot to the betel nut trees by the runway.
Some lit up, others broke them into sections to chew with betel nut, and a few tucked them behind their ears for later.
The other three prisoners seemed to be recovering from the effects of whatever narcotic drug the betel nut had been adulterated with.
The use of the cocoa, or betel nut, is universal among the men, but not so common with the women until they grow old.
A hand in his slaying would be something to brag to one's grandchildren about when one was an old man and good for nothing but to sit in the shade of the village market and chew betel nut.
He did not speak at once, but slowly prepared a chew of betel nut, the ingredients for which he drew from a pocket of his neat business suit.
Htai leaned over and spat, expertly directing a stream of red betel nut juice between two bamboo slats in the floor.