Definitions for betel palm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

be′tel palm`(n.)

  1. a tropical Asian palm, Areca catechu, cultivated in the Old World tropics for its seeds.

    Category: Plants

Origin of betel palm:

1870–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. betel palm, Areca catechu(noun)

    southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)

Wiktionary

  1. betel palm(Noun)

    An Asiatic palm, Areca catechu, whose seeds are betel nuts


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