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piper beetle

18:28 Mar 27, 2003
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: piper beetle
medicine compounds
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5 +1betel, areca
Oso (X)
4betel
Catherine Navarro


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
betel


Explanation:
piper beetle en ingles tambien se llama betel


    harper collins
Catherine Navarro
United States
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 8
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
betel, areca


Explanation:
Hola BCB,
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

"...local names for ***betel (Piper beetle)*** the tender leaf of which is the main ..."
origin.island.lk/2002/03/09/satmag06.html - 12k

betel= betel o areca
Simon & Schuster's Dict.


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Note added at 2003-03-27 18:42:49 (GMT)
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betel.
(Del malabar betle).
1. m. Planta trepadora de la familia de las Piperáceas, que se cultiva en el Extremo Oriente. Sus hojas, hendidas en la base, aovadas, aguzadas y con los nervios medio esparcidos, tienen cierto sabor a menta y sirven en Filipinas para la composición del buyo, y su fruto, en forma de baya, contiene una semilla o grano como de pimienta.

areca.
1. f. Palma de tronco algo más delgado por la base que por la parte superior y con corteza surcada por multitud de anillos, hojas aladas, hojuelas ensiformes y lampiñas, pecíolos anchos, flores dispuestas en espiga o panoja y fruto del tamaño de una nuez común.
2. f. Fruto de esta planta. Se emplea en tintorería, y sirve en Filipinas para hacer buyo.

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Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863

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agree  moken: ¡hola oso!...sí ya sé que la pregunta es vieja...pero tal vez cuando la descubran los arequólogos, te den otro agree y se pueda cerrar!! saludos y :O) :O)
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  -> Hola Álvaro, long time no see! ¶:^) Muchas gracias, saludos y más sonrisas ¶:^) ¶:^)
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