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Definition of Areca
1. Noun. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
Group relationships: Genus Areca
Specialized synonyms: Areca Catechu, Betel Palm
Definition of Areca
1. 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.
Definition of Areca
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Areca'' of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family ''Arecaceae'', found in humid tropical forests. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Areca
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Areca
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Areca
Literary usage of Areca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1863)
"Dr. Barclay says : " The areca nut is the kernel of the fruit of the species of
palm called areca catechu, it is commonly called the betel nut, ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"ARE [are], French unit of surface, I. 682. areca [arë'-ka], (botany), XIII.
17, 1 c. A. areca island, XIII. 245, 1 c (PENANG). areca palm, XIII. ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"15—A BRANCHING areca-NUT PALM. I HAVE to add to the accounts of branching Palms,
formerly recorded in our Journal, the following note of a branching ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1863)
"Dr. Barclay says : "The areca nut is the kernel of the fruit of the species of
palm called areca catechu, it is commonly called the betel nut, ..."
5. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... they may be readily distinguished from all true woods. The colours and hardness
of the two parts differ very materially. The areca catechu, or betel-nut ..."
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