areca
See also: Areca
English
Etymology
Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka)[1], itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).[2]
Noun
areca (plural arecas)
- Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
Derived terms
Translations
plant in the genus Areca
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See also
- areca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- betel
- paan
References
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Likely from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭaykkāy (“areca nut”).
Noun
areca f (plural arecas)
- areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)
- Synonym: arequeira
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
areca f (plural arecas)
- areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “areca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- es:Palm trees