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Bhutan’s main exports include fruit, betel nut, and boulders for construction.
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By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Rusty splatters of betel nut appeared on sidewalks near gas stations.
—Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
Shops were open, selling coffee, ice cream and betel nuts.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
His teeth as always are stained with betel nut.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
Consumed by more than 600 million people, mainly in southern Asia, areca nut—more popularly, betel nut—is a stimulant.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2022
This saddens but does not surprise Larry Raigetal, a master navigator who is chewing betel nut beneath a canopy of stars.
—Julian Aguon, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2021
Pineapple shrimp balls, a betel nut pineapple salad and classics like fried rice with pineapple are just some of the dishes being pushed out by restaurants and hotels on the island.
—Huizhong Wu, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
Apart from betel vineyards, this lush fertile land has provided us with cashew, coconut, drumstick, mango, jackfruit, betel nut, pineapple, guava, many other varieties of fruits, roots, and vegetables.
—Mayank Aggarwal, Quartz India, 4 Mar. 2020
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By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Rusty splatters of betel nut appeared on sidewalks near gas stations.
—Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
Shops were open, selling coffee, ice cream and betel nuts.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
His teeth as always are stained with betel nut.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
Consumed by more than 600 million people, mainly in southern Asia, areca nut—more popularly, betel nut—is a stimulant.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2022
This saddens but does not surprise Larry Raigetal, a master navigator who is chewing betel nut beneath a canopy of stars.
—Julian Aguon, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2021
Pineapple shrimp balls, a betel nut pineapple salad and classics like fried rice with pineapple are just some of the dishes being pushed out by restaurants and hotels on the island.
—Huizhong Wu, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
Apart from betel vineyards, this lush fertile land has provided us with cashew, coconut, drumstick, mango, jackfruit, betel nut, pineapple, guava, many other varieties of fruits, roots, and vegetables.
—Mayank Aggarwal, Quartz India, 4 Mar. 2020
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“Betel nut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/betel%20nut. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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