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Betel

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.

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Foliage 76% connected

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

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Leaf 76% connected

A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the i…

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Leaves, collectively; foliage.

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Areca noun · 78% connection

A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle…

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Asphaltum noun · 78% connection

A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…

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Bell pepper unknown · 78% connection

A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

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Betel nut unknown · 78% connection

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

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Bhang noun · 78% connection

An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in t…

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Bomb noun · 78% connection

A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

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British adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

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Buchu noun · 78% connection

A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, pepper, piper, betle, leaves.
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Cannabis noun · 78% connection

the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for e…

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Cat noun · 78% connection

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Ye…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, pepper, piper, betle, leaves.
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Coca noun · 78% connection

a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, pepper, piper, betle, leaves.
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Cubeb noun · 78% connection

The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivat…

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