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areca en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈriːkə/
  • /ˈærɪkə/

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Meanings

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

Forms

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arecas Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

areca nut · areca palm

Relateds

betel · paan · beetel

Translations (13)

ta பாக்கு (plant in the genus Areca) · tpi buai (plant in the genus Areca) · es areca (plant in the genus Areca) · ml അടയ്ക്ക (plant in the genus Areca) · hi सुपारी (plant in the genus Areca) · pt areca (plant in the genus Areca) · my ကွမ်းသီးပင် (plant in the genus Areca) · ms pokok pinang (plant in the genus Areca) · ru aре́ка (plant in the genus Areca) · pl areka (plant in the genus Areca) · sw mpopoo (plant in the genus Areca) · km ស្លា (plant in the genus Areca) · ga airéic (plant in the genus Areca)