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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·re·ca n.  Bot. A genus of palms, one species of which (Areca catechu) produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India and Southeast Asia with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·tel n.  Bot. A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.
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