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‖ sirih Bot.|ˈsɪərɪ|
Also seri, sireh, siri.
[Malay sīrih.]
a. A trailing tropical shrub, Piper betle, of the family Piperaceæ, native to Indonesia, where the pungent leaves are chewed with areca nuts; also, the leaves of the shrub; = betel 1.
1779T. Forrest Voyage to New Guinea vi. 75 The Malays call the betel leaf, Ciry. 1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 74 The Seeree, a creeping plant, whole leaf, of a strong aromatic flavor, they eat with the betel nut. 1795tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. (ed. 2) II. 268 The betel leaves, called Siri (Piper betel), are therefore brought in fresh every day for sale. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. ii. 87 The parents..offer a small present of plantains, sirih, tobacco, etc. 1866Treas. Bot. 1064/1. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archip. I. 126 In a small Bamboo case..the Dyak carries his sirih and lime for betel chewing. 1882H. De Windt Equator 72 Mats were spread out, and siri and betel-nut produced.
b. attrib., as sirih-box, sirih juice, sirih leaf, sirih vine.
1839Chinese Repository VII. 130 His betel and siri box. 1846H. Keppel Exped. to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido II. i. 13 His majesty chewed his sīrih-leaf and betel-nut. 1864D'Almeida Life in Java II. 104 Chewing tobacco betel, and seri leaf. 1869A. R. Wallace Malay Archip. I. 271 A married woman may not accept..a sirih leaf from a stranger. 1881Bock's Head-Hunters Borneo ii. 19 Other princes..squatted on the floor, each with his large silver-gilt sirih-box, and a huge brass spittoon in their midst. 1893F. A. Swettenham About Perak 38 Here the Malay lives under his sireh-vine and durian tree. 1939A. Keith Land below Wind xiii. 211, I looked back at the kampong women..; their lips, red with sireh juice, like cerise flowers. |