beetel nut
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The grand articles of the interior trade of Bengal were salt, beetel-nut, and tobacco; of which salt was out of all proportion the most important: Tobacco in particular was so inconsiderable, that few, if any, of the Company's servants had engaged in it."
- "The total exports to Calcutta for the same year amounted to sicca rupees 3,57,126, of which the following articles were, pepper, 1,14,121; tin, 1,11,740; gold dust, 51,600; beetel nut, 37,755; rattans, 19,400."
- "The Malays use the seeds of the Beetel nut, pounded into a paste mixed with lime, which they use in the same manner as this is used by our Hidas, by chewing or simply keeping in the mouth between the teeth and the cheek."