Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Areca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Areca \A*re"ca\, n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.]
(Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
areca
n : any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern
Asia having egg-shaped nuts
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