betel pepper

noun

An Asiatic plant, Piper betle, whose leaves are used to wrap betel nuts for chewing.

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betelPiper betel
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Meanings

nounbetel pepper (plural betel peppers)

plural betel peppers

  1. An Asiatic plant, Piper betle, whose leaves are used to wrap betel nuts for chewing.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
betelPiper betel
Broader
true pepperpepper vine
Also see
betel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تُنْبُول
  • تُنْبُول (tunbūl)Piper betle
Chinese Mandarin 蔞葉 /蒌叶, 蒟醬 /蒟酱
  • 蔞葉 /蒌叶 (lóuyè)Piper betle
  • 蒟醬 /蒟酱 (jǔjiàng)Piper betle
Finnish betelpippuri
  • betelpippuriPiper betle
French bétel
  • bételPiper betle
German Betelpfeffer
  • BetelpfefferPiper betle
Hungarian bételbors
  • bételborsPiper betle
Japanese 蒟醤
  • 蒟醤 (kinma)Piper betle
Malay sirih, daun sirih
  • sirihPiper betle
  • daun sirihPiper betle
Polish pieprz żuwny, pieprz betelowy
  • pieprz żuwnyPiper betle
  • pieprz betelowyPiper betle
  • betelPiper betle
Spanish betel
  • betelPiper betle
Swedish betelpeppar
  • betelpepparPiper betle
Tagalog ikmo
  • ikmoPiper betle
Tamil வெற்றிலை
  • வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai)Piper betle
Thai พลู
  • พลู (pluu)Piper betle
Vietnamese trầu
  • trầuPiper betle
Cite this entry
APA

betel pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betel%20pepper

MLA

“betel pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betel%20pepper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betel pepper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betel%20pepper.

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