betel nut

English Thesaurus

1. seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia (noun.food)

hypernym	:	edible seed,
definition	:	many are used as seasoning (noun.food)

part meronym	:	areca catechu, betel palm,
definition	:	southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk) (noun.plant)