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areca
Areca (noun) means a type of single-stemmed palm tree, one of about fifty species that grow in warm, wet tropical forests.
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A type of single-stemmed palm tree, one of about fifty species that grow in warm, wet tropical forests.
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Etymology
Came into English via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).
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"areca" (noun) means a type of single-stemmed palm tree, one of about fifty species that grow in warm, wet tropical forests.
