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areca
Areca (noun) means any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
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Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
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Etymology
Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).
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"areca" (noun) means any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.