Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the familyArecaceae, found in humidtropicalforests. (noun) आर्द्र उष्णकटिबंधीय जंगलों में पाए जाने वाले परिवार Arecaceae में एकल-तने वाले हथेलियों की लगभग पचास प्रजातियों के जीनस अरेका का कोई भी सदस्य।
Examples of word areca
The areca is a palm of great elegance; it rises to a height of about eighty feet, and a rich feathery crest adorns the summit.
News at Eleven: These poems by Samuel Beckett need to be read three-dimensionally: that is, turned slowly until the variety of each poem's facets bring pleasure, if not always sense: "grave suave singing silk/stoop to the black firmament of areca/rain on the bamboos flowers of smoke alley of willows"--"areca" being a palm producing astringent nuts excremental activity is a Beckett motif.
To capture the spirit of Mexico, I lined the aisle with large urns on pedestals filled with tight clusters of roses and large areca palm leaves that added color, texture, and drama.
Then you take chopped up betel nut (or areca nut, which is similar to nutmeg in hardness and texture) and fold the leaf over the the ingredients.
Not to mention, recent studies have shown that there is fairly high carcinogenic properties in the areca nut.
The areca nut is supposedto have mild narcoticproperties that can sharpen clarity.