Betel
Betel (bē"t'l) , noun
[Portuguese, from Tamil vettilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.]
(Botany) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.