Areca

Word ARECA
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Definitions and meanings of "Areca"

What do we mean by areca?

Any of various other palms in the genera Areca and Dypsis. noun

Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. noun

Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.

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The word "areca" in example sentences

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. ❋ Samuel White Baker (1857)

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. ❋ Rus Bowden (2010)

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. ❋ David Tutera (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not to mention, recent studies have shown that there is fairly high carcinogenic properties in the areca nut. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The areca nut is supposedto have mild narcoticproperties that can sharpen clarity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lord Ganesha and Panchaloka Paalakaas should be positioned to the north of the Kalasha and can be worshipped through areca nuts or almonds or turmeric pods or dry dates. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Later, the nine planets should be worshipped by placing areca nuts on betel leaves followed by Lord Indra and other Dikpaalakaas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The leaves of the areca palms shake convulsively in the sudden rain. ❋ Cristina García (2010)

We passed lines of tall tamarind and waringen trees, areca palms fluttering softly as ostrich plumes, and blazing Madagascar flame trees in splendid blossom. ❋ Richard Bangs (2010)

The areca nut, fruit of the betel palm, is a main ingredient in paan, the stimulant chewed in South Asia that stains streets crimson when spat out. ❋ Adam Leith Gollner (2008)

Many of the remaining forest patches that harbor endemic species are being converted to rubber, areca, and coffee plantations. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But since restrictions on 700 products ranging from chemicals and drugs to areca nuts and an array of other consumer goods were eliminated last April, the country that has exploited the changes most has been China. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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