Phrase guide

betel pepper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An Asiatic plant, Piper betle, whose leaves are used to wrap betel nuts for chewing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: betel, Piper betel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: true pepper, pepper vine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تُنْبُول (tunbūl) — Piper betle
  • Burmese: ကွမ်းရွက်ပင် (kwam:rwakpang) — Piper betle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔞葉 /蒌叶 (lóuyè) — Piper betle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒟醬 /蒟酱 (jǔjiàng) — Piper betle
  • Finnish: betelpippuri — Piper betle
  • French: bétel — Piper betle
  • German: Betelpfeffer — Piper betle
  • Hungarian: bételbors — Piper betle
  • Japanese: 蒟醤 (kinma) — Piper betle
  • Khmer: ម្លូ (mluu) — Piper betle
  • Lao: ພູ (phū) — Piper betle
  • Malay: sirih — Piper betle
  • Malay: daun sirih — Piper betle
  • Malayalam: വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) — Piper betle
  • Mon: ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ) — Piper betle
  • Polish: pieprz żuwny — Piper betle
  • Polish: pieprz betelowy — Piper betle
  • Polish: betel — Piper betle
  • Spanish: betel — Piper betle
  • Swedish: betelpeppar — Piper betle
  • Tagalog: ikmo — Piper betle
  • Tamil: வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai) — Piper betle
  • Telugu: తమలపాకు (tamalapāku) — Piper betle
  • Telugu: నాగవల్లి (nāgavalli) — Piper betle
  • Thai: พลู (pluu) — Piper betle
  • Northern Thai: ᨻᩖᩪ (bpuu) — Piper betle
  • Tok Pisin: daka — Piper betle
  • Vietnamese: trầu — Piper betle