areca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

/əˈriːkə/ /ˈærɪkə/

areca arecas

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

beetel betel paan

areca nut areca palm

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