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A betel pepper is an Asiatic plant, Latin name Piper betle, whose leaves are used to wrap betel nuts before chewing.
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Betel nuts, or bin lang, are popularly referred to in Taiwan as 'Taiwanese chewing gum.' These seeds of the betel palm (areca-catechu) are famous for the stimulating psychological effect (and disturbing visual effect) they produce in chewers. In Taiwan betel nuts are traditionally purchased at a roadside kiosk from a http://www.answers.com/topic/betel-nut-beauty
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A betel nut is the nut of the betel palm. It is consumed, along with betel leaves, as a stimulant by many people in Southeast Asia
The betel nut has been known to make the mouth red when chewed. This plant has even been referred to in the musical "South Pacific," in the song "Bloody Mary," one line of which goes "Bloody Mary's chewing betel nuts."
A betel nut is the seed of an areca palm and is often consumed and chewed in a betel leaf.
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The betel nut is also known as the acreca nut. This seed grows on the areca palm tree. The betel nut is edible and often consumed and chewed wrapped in a betel leaf.
A betel palm is an Asiatic palm, Latin name Areca catechu, whose seeds are betel nuts.
A betel bag is a small bag of cloth, often decorated, originally used for carrying betel leaf in southeast Asia.