betel palm

betel palm

n. A tall tropical Asian palm (Areca catechu) with large pinnate leaves, cultivated for its seeds. Also called areca.

betel palm

n (Plants) a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits. See betelnut

be′tel palm`

n. a tropical Asian palm, Areca catechu, cultivated in the Old World tropics for its seeds. [1870–75]

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betel palm - southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)Areca catechuareca nut, betel nut - seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asiaareca - any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts