areca

See also Areca

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (áḍekka)

Noun

areca (plural arecas)

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

Derived terms

• areca nut

Translations

plant in the genus Areca

• Malay: pokok pinang (ms)
• Malayalam: അടയ്ക്ക (ml) (áḍekka)

• Tamil: பாக்கு (ta) (pākku)
• Tok Pisin: buai (tpi)

See also

• Areca on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
• betel
• paan

References

Anagrams

• Ceará