Singapore English borrowing from Malay 'pokok pinang' family; the areca palm (Areca catechu) whose nut is dried, sliced, and chewed with betel leaf and lime as a mild stimulant.
Singapore English borrowing from Malay 'pokok pinang' family; the areca palm (Areca catechu) whose nut is dried, sliced, and chewed with betel leaf and lime as a mild stimulant. Once ubiquitous across Southeast Asia, the practice is now mainly associated with older generations.
The uncle still grew a row of opeh in his garden and chewed the nut every evening after dinner.
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(Singapore) betel palm; areca palm.