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Definition of Betel palm
1. Noun. Southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk).
Definition of Betel palm
1. Noun. An Asiatic palm, ''Areca catechu'', whose seeds are betel nuts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betel Palm
Literary usage of Betel palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"The betel-nut and betel-palm; plantations of, in the East; extensive growth in
Sumatra.—How this nut is used, and prepared.—Fondness for the betel in India. ..."
2. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"615 ; the betel palm—a tall slender annulate stem, attaining 80ft. and more, ...
The finest groves of the betel palm which I have seen are in British Burma ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The betel nut is the fruit of the Areca or betel palm, Arten Catechu, and the
betel leaf is the produce of the betel vine or pan, ..."
4. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"... The Betel-palm chief dwelt at ... who are connected with the legend of the
poisonous coco-palm and the betel-palm of Bukit ..."
5. The Island of Guam by Leonard Martin Cox, Edward John Dorn, Kenneth Chafee McIntosh, Merlyn Grail Cook, Allen H. White, United States Navy Dept (1917)
"The principal narcotics cultivated on the island are the betel palm and the betel
pepper, ... The betel palm, although frequently planted by the natives, ..."
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