Associations to the word «Areca»

Wiktionary

ARECA, noun. Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
ARECA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae   — palms native to tropical Asia.
ARECA CATECHU, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Arecaceae   — the betel palm, producer of betel nuts.
ARECA NUT, noun. The seed of the areca palm (not a true nut but a drupe), chewed as a mild stimulant.
ARECA PALM, noun. Betel palm, Areca catechu

Dictionary definition

ARECA, noun. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats