| betel nut |
seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
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| betel |
Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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| betel palm |
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
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| betel cancer |
squamous cell carcinoma of the cheek mucous membranes, seen in India and other Asian countries where betel nut, often mixed with tobacco, is held in the buccal vestibule for prolonged periods.
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| betel nut |
Areca nut, or pinang, more commonly known as betel nut, is the seed of the betel palm or Areca catechu, a species of palm tree which grows throughout the Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. The most important active principles of betel nut are arecaine and arecoline, alkaloids which are comparable to nicotine in its stimulating, mildly intoxicating and appetite-suppressing effects on the mind. ...
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