areca palm; betel nut palm
Botanical name Areca catechu; the palm whose seeds are used in betel chewing. In Japanese, often referred to as 檳榔樹 (びんろうじゅ) for clarity.
See also: ビンロウジュ
betel palm
Colloquial use; often refers to the same plant as sense 1, but 'betel palm' is a common name in English. In Japanese, 檳榔 is not typically distinguished from areca palm in everyday speech.
The areca palm is widely cultivated in tropical Asia.
The fruit of the areca palm is used as an ingredient in chewing tobacco.
There's a betel palm planted in that garden.
areca palm · betel palm; betel nut tree
Standard kanji spelling for the areca/betel palm.
The kanji 檳榔 are ateji borrowed from Chinese, where they represent the areca palm. The reading びんろう is derived from the Chinese pronunciation, with a variant びにろう. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.