"beetel" meaning in English

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        "2": "ml",
        "3": "വെറ്റില"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "beetel leaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "beetel nut"
        }
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          "ref": "1816, The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 6, F. and C. Rivington, page 490:",
          "text": "Mention is made of a battle at p. 389, in which the rajah appeared on an elephant, in a chair covered with a canopy set with precious stones, and that he had two beautiful slave girls with him, one to serve him with wine and the other with beetel leaf and areca nut.",
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          "ref": "1825, Thomas Smith, The History and Origin of the Missionary Societies, etc. (Appendix.), T. Kelly, page 244:",
          "text": "She held a small basket, having beetel leaves in it, with one hand, and with the other, whilst walking seven times round the grave, she distributed sugar-plums, and shells, called cowries, among the crowd, who appeared extremely anxious to catch those consecrated donations.",
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          "ref": "1834, New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, E.W. Allen, page 346:",
          "text": "The patient who would cure himself of fever and headache must scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal, flowers, beetel leaves, and all sorts of fragrance; two arches should be formed, wreathed with plantain leaves on both sides, and a cock should be sacrificed as a victim on the occasion.",
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          "ref": "2004, Henry Pottinger, The Great Game: Britain and Russia in Central Asia, Routledge, page 389:",
          "text": "When we returned to the house in which we resided, we were visited by several merchants from Mooltan and Shikapoor*, with whom we had a great deal of chat on different subjects connected with trade; and after treating them with Beetel, or Areca nut, and cloves, which is the practice here, sent them away, deeply impressed with a favourable notion of our commercial skills and abilities.",
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        "Archaic spelling of betel."
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  "word": "beetel"
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      "word": "beetel leaf"
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    {
      "word": "beetel nut"
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          "text": "She held a small basket, having beetel leaves in it, with one hand, and with the other, whilst walking seven times round the grave, she distributed sugar-plums, and shells, called cowries, among the crowd, who appeared extremely anxious to catch those consecrated donations.",
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              228,
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          "text": "When we returned to the house in which we resided, we were visited by several merchants from Mooltan and Shikapoor*, with whom we had a great deal of chat on different subjects connected with trade; and after treating them with Beetel, or Areca nut, and cloves, which is the practice here, sent them away, deeply impressed with a favourable notion of our commercial skills and abilities.",
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