BETEL PALM
Dictionary entry overview: What does betel palm mean? • BETEL PALM (noun)
The noun BETEL PALM has 1 sense:
1. southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
Familiarity information: BETEL PALM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BETEL PALM (noun)
Meaning:
Southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Areca catechu; betel palm
Hypernyms ("betel palm" is a kind of...):
areca (any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "betel palm"):
areca nut; betel nut (seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia)
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