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Definition of Sirih
1. Noun. A vining plant of Sumatra, whose leaves may be chewed with betel nuts or used medicinally to shrink the vagina after childbirth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sirih
1. betel [n -S] - See also: betel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirih
Literary usage of Sirih
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in the Forests of the Far East, Or, Travels in Northern Borneo by Spenser St. John (1863)
"THE SAMARAHAN BITER AND THE CAVES OF sirih. STARTED in the evening from our house
at Kuching amid a storm of rain, thunder, and lightning. ..."
2. Life in the forests of the Far East by Spenser St. John (1862)
"... Babi—Former Insecurity—The Village—Welcome —Deer Plentiful—Walk to the sirih
Caves—A Skeleton— Illustrative Story—Method of Governing—Torches—Enter the ..."
3. Sissano: Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia by William Churchill (1916)
"sirih-chewing has its strong central body in Indonesia, it has in Melanesia an
active and conquering advance guard; kava-drinking has its strength in ..."
4. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"They receive from him the sirih and pinang, hand back the empty bate, ... Care is
also taken that the sirih and its appurtenances be not wanting ter the ..."
5. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"They receive from him the sirih and pinang, hand back the empty bate, ... Care is
also taken that the sirih and its appurtenances be not wanting after the ..."
6. North Borneo: Explorations and Adventures on the Equator by Frank Hatton, Joseph Hatton (1886)
"The effect of this sirih-chewing is very stimulating. ... The first token of
welcome in a Dyak house is the handing round of the sirih-box. ..."
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