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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
2. 2
   any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts wordnet

Example

More examples

"Betel nuts come from the areca palm."

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Related phrases

areca nutareca palm

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