Word Meanings - BETELNUT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

• Shell-lac
  Alt. of Shellac
• SHELLLESS
  , a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.
• Shellapple
  See Sheldafle.
• Shellbark
  A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
• Betelguese
  A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.
• Betel nut
  The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
• Shellfish
  Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
• Shell-less
  Having no shell.
• Shellproof
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
• Shellwork
  Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.

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