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ARECA PALM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
Synonyms:
Areca catechu; Areca palm; betel palm
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Hypernyms ("Areca palm" is a kind of...):
areca (any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "Areca palm"):
areca nut; betel nut (seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia)