| 单词 | betel-vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetel-vine b. The shrubby evergreen plant (Piper betle or Chavica betel, family Piperaceæ) which yields this leaf. Also called betel-pepper, betel-vine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > betel plant betel1553 betel-tree1681 sirih1779 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Ei The herbe called Betola. 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. Nij A certaine hearbe called bettaile. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Tambu The bastard Pepper plant called Bettle or Betre. 1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) 263 Bethel, an herb whose leaves..these Pagans are accustomed to chaw. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 47 (note) The betel pepper..resembles the piper betel, or betel vine of India. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 88 These nuts are rolled up with a little lime in leaves of the betle-pepper. < as lemmas |
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