areca
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of areca
First recorded in 1500–10; from New Latin (earlier English spellings reflect Portuguese or French ); all ultimately from Malayalam aṭaykka
Vocabulary lists containing areca
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Exactly when people first began using betel nut in this way has been difficult to establish because areca seeds rarely survive in the archaeological record.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
But betel chew—a mixture of areca nuts, betel leaves and slaked lime—is entirely different from datura.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Lalthanpuii, a Mizo villager, said she left behind her entire crop of areca nuts after Assam police and villagers stormed her settlement on 10 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2021
His representatives around the country bought spices, which Ishana shipped overseas: areca nuts to the Maldives, and pepper, cloves, nutmeg and mace to India.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
This set them on the wide path that led into the spacious circular compound of cobbled ground under the spreading areca nut tree, ringed with the houses of the village elders.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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