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    ARECA CATECHU

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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)play

    Synonyms:

    Areca catechu; Areca palm; betel palm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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