betel nut

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Noun Phrase

be=tel nut

WORDNET DICTIONARY

betel nut(n = noun.food) areca nut - seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia;

is a kind of edible seed

is a part of areca catechu, betel palm

betel nut,

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. [1913 Webster]