betel pepper
- a variation of betel.
Example Sentences
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The leaves of the betel pepper are first spread out.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne
Before Piang realized it, Sicto was negotiating with the owner, offering in trade his brass buyo, or betel-box, used for containing a preparation of the betel pepper, extensively chewed in the East.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
The nut is cut into small pieces, mixed with a small quantity of lime, and rolled up in leaves of the betel pepper.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
Every Singhalese carries in his waist-cloth a box containing some nuts of the areca and a few fresh leaves of the betel pepper, as also a smaller box to hold the chunam or lime.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
In the Louisiade we had not observed the betel pepper, but here it was found in common use--both the leaf and green fruit, especially the latter, being added to the lime and areca-nut.
