areca catechu

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1. southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk) (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	areca,
definition	:	any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	areca nut, betel nut,
definition	:	seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia (noun.food)