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areca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun areca has 1 sense
- areca(n = noun.plant) - any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts; is a kind of feather palm
is a member of genus areca
has particulars: areca catechu, betel palm
CIDE DICTIONARY
areca, n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.].
A genus of palms, one species of which (Areca catechu ) produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India and Southeast Asia with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
areca, n. any tropical palm of the genus Areca, native to Asia.
Idiom
areca nut the astringent seed of a species of areca, A. catechu: also called betel-nut.
Etymology
Port. f. Malayalam {aacute}dekka
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