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‖ pinang|pɪˈnæŋ|
Also 7 -e, 9 penang.
[Malay pinang betel nut, areca. Also in Du., etc.]
The areca tree (Areca Catechu), or its fruit, the areca nut (pinang nut): see areca.
1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 148 The Portuguez call the tree that bears it Arre quero..and the Malayans Pinang. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 365 Their ordinary food..is Rice, Wheat, Pinange, Betele. 1771J. R. Forster tr. Osbeck's Voy. I. 257 Pinang..is a fruit which looks like a nutmeg in the inside. 1883I. L. Bishop in Leisure Ho. 202/2 Pinang (from the pinang, or areca-palm) is the proper name of the island. |