ARECA CATECHU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Areca catechu mean? 

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

1. southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARECA CATECHU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Areca catechu; Areca palm; betel palm

Hypernyms ("Areca catechu" is a kind of...):

areca (any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "Areca catechu"):

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)