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# betel

«betel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (betel, plural betels)

### meaning for a pupil

A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a princess's servants find and eat betel-leaf, which can be given in great quantities as a gift or treat.

### examples

- The princess's servants found the betel-leaf and began to eat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betel/#x1)
- The young Raja asked for a great deal of betel-leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betel/#x2)
- In some countries people chew betel after meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «betel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.