areca
areca · arecas
aрека
Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the…Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
/əˈriːkə/
» Betel nuts come from the areca palm.
Meaning
1 sensesAny member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
aре́каaréka
More definitions
- any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
Examples
1 sentencesBetel nuts come from the areca palm.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
plant in the genus Areca:
Origin
Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).
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