ARECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does areca mean? 

• ARECA (noun)
  The noun ARECA has 1 sense:

1. any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts

  Familiarity information: ARECA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("areca" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "areca"):

Areca catechu; Areca palm; betel palm (southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk))

Holonyms ("areca" is a member of...):

genus Areca (a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees)

 Context examples 

It is a mixture of tobacco, crushed areca nut (also called betel nut), spices, and other ingredients.

(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)