Definition of areca Areca

ar•e•ca

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Noun Plural: arecas
areca - any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
		feather palm palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
		genus areca a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees

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areca (Noun)
Any member of the genus of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

areca (n.)
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

areca
ar′ē-ka, n. a genus of palm, one species of which, the Betel-nut Palm, or Penang Palm (Areca catechu), bears nuts with austere and astringent properties, which are chewed by the Malays with a little lime in a leaf of the betel-pepper, making the lips and spittle red

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areca, noun, singular of arecas.

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