A*re"ca (#), n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.] Bot.
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
© Webster 1913.
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