| 单词 | areca |
| 例句 | Now I brought out the stores I had put by month after month—rice and dhal and ghee, jars of oil, betel leaf, areca nuts, chewing tobacco and copra. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His representatives around the country bought spices, which Ishana shipped overseas: areca nuts to the Maldives, and pepper, cloves, nutmeg and mace to India. Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Then they bought a dozen potted plants - areca palms, aloe vera, money plants and snake plants - to help clean the air indoors, a hand-held air quality monitor and four masks. Trapped and helpless: How families are fighting Delhi's pollution horror 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z His brother, an unofficial campaign aide, handed out little pouches of areca nut wrapped in betel leaf, a mild stimulant that reddens the teeth when chewed. In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “This is a very fun, happy life,” said Islam Ahmed, 24, a tall, lean man chewing on areca nuts and betel leaves at one of two cafes on the less than one-square-mile island. Inhabitants of Maldives Atoll Fear a Flood of Saudi Money 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z When we heard that certain potted plants improve indoor air quality, we rushed to the nursery to snap up areca palms, and a rather ugly, spiky plant with the unappealing moniker, mother-in-law's tongue. Breathing poison in the world's most polluted city 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Garatti, now 85, has for decades nursed the hope of completing the ballet school, a series of interconnected, domed terra cotta pavilions, derelict and littered, surrounded by grass and areca palms. Havana Journal: Cuba Debates Carlos Acosta’s Dream Project 2012-11-16T03:53:08Z His mother, P Dingirimenike, sits close by, talking and cutting areca nuts, which people chew like tobacco. Arsenic, cadmium and dying farmers 2012-09-18T05:40:58Z The Palmetto, areca oleracea, cabbage palm, or mountain cabbage, is the most beautiful tree in Antigua, and richly deserves the epithet of king of the West Indian forests. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z And they bring there many cocoa-nuts, arecas, and also a few spices, copper and quicksilver: for the merchants of the country buy all these goods. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z The ripe leaves are gathered fresh every morning, and taken to market, where they find a ready sale at remunerative prices for chewing with the areca nut, and a pinch of slaked shell lime. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z A pill of powdered areca nut mixed with butter is also an effective remedy, or a pill as large as a small pea of gum aloes will kill the worms. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z The use of the areca, or betel nut, is still common in all the Philippine Islands. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z They were constructed inside of laths of areca, closely bound together, and fastened horizontally to a framework covered with grass thatch, a foot or more in thickness. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The applicant presents him with areca nuts, fruit, flowers, and money. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The palms of the presidency consist of cocoa-nut, date, palmyra and areca catechu. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" A third product to which the name catechu is also applied, is obtained from the fruits of the areca or betel palm, Areca catechu. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" In the undergrowth are found cardamom, areca, plantain, canes, wild pepper, tree and other ferns, and arums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" "Trinkat, being flat, is divided amongst the inhabitants of the other two islands, where they have their plantations of coconuts and areca palms: these last being very abundant." In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z When telling fortunes, the woman places on the basket the winnow, rice, betel leaves and areca nuts, and the wicker tray. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Among them are talipots, palmyras, cocoanuts, the slender areca, the date palm, and the fan palm, already described, spreading out its broad leaves like a peacock's tail. The Pearl of India It is usually found growing in well drained soil under the shade of banana and abaca plants and areca palms. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 He nodded his head, and drew from the pouch in the knot in his sarong a few broken fragments of areca nut. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Another ugly habit is the chewing of betel, the nut of the areca palm, which is mixed with pepper leaves and lime. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific The women, from whom devils have to be cast out, bathe and take their seats on the western side, each with a flower-pod of the areca palm. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z It is improved for transporting rice, areca nuts, choice cabinet woods, and other inland products to the coast. The Pearl of India At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Unlike its brother palms—the cocoa, the sago, the gamooty, and the areca—the nipah is short, and more like a giant cactus in growth. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The other islands have likewise a large proportion of cocoa and areca palms, and an immense quantity of timber trees of various kinds, some of them of enormous size. Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity This he places, with betel leaves and areca nuts, near the grave. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The betelnut is the product of the areca palm, and resembles a nutmeg in shape and size. The Pearl of India When this cannot be done, or is inconvenient, the evil may be greatly lessened by the frequent use of an antiseptic tooth powder, areca nut charcoal or camphorated chalk. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources It is prepared for chewing by inclosing in the leaves a slice of the areca nut, and a small portion of lime. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture By the side of his chair was a priest, who from time to time gave him a green leaf containing lime and areca, which he chewed, making his teeth and gums red. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold All the Oriental palms, as the cocoa-nut, the areca, the sago, &c., abound here. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The cocoanut palm is the most common and most valuable of this family of trees, and next to it is the areca. The Pearl of India Still more valuable as a dentifrice is areca nut charcoal, which, besides possessing the properties of the other vegetable charcoals in an eminent degree, has valuable ones peculiar to itself. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources It is used as a masticatory in combination with the areca nut and betel leaf, and also for tanning purposes. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture They grow the betel-vine, and in Orissa the areca and cocoanuts, besides doing ordinary cultivation. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Every Singhalese carries in his waist-cloth a box containing some nuts of the areca and a few fresh leaves of the betel pepper, as also a smaller box to hold the chunam or lime. My First Voyage to Southern Seas These are the cocoanut, the palmyra, the kittool, the areca, the date, the talipot, and the fan palm. The Pearl of India Sometimes it runs like a creeper along the ground, and at others it climbs the stems of the palmyra and areca palms in little patches, which are carefully guarded by rough paling. Mark Seaworth But soon it was seen that every cottage was raised upon posts, that the walls were of woven reed or split bamboo, and that the trees that shaded them were cocoa-nut and areca palms. Middy and Ensign Catechu, areca and black cloves; my heart’s secret troubles me in my dreams. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The offerings made at the temple consist of rice, almonds, cocoanuts, betel-leaves, areca, dates, cardamoms, cloves and similar articles. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Betel-nut, or areca, is, as is well known, used nearly all over Asia, all the natives of which are excessively fond of the taste the mastication of it produces in their mouths. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 The Kling squatted upon his heels, chewing areca nut, and spitting long distances before him. Civilization Tales of the Orient A bamboo pole decked with leaves and green fruit of the areca palm is placed in the center of a room and is surrounded with cooked food. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition The areca nut, the seed from a kind of palm, pear-shaped, and resembling a nutmeg, is mixed with quick-lime and wrapped in a betel-leaf, which grows on a vine belonging to the pepper family. Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Value of the areca nuts exported from Ceylon to the British Colonies and foreign States in the years named:— £. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Betel The areca nut is first taken out of its covering before being united with the betel leaf and lime. A Little Book of Filipino Riddles The Kling always squatting on his heels, smoking, or else rolling himself a bit of areca nut into a sirrah-leaf, and dabbing on a bit of pink lime from his worn, silver box. Civilization Tales of the Orient Their leading features are lines of the graceful areca palms, groves of oranges, limes, jak-trees, and bread fruit; and irregular clumps of palmyras and coconuts. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 In chewing betre … they mix areca with it and a little lime…. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Dates, pomegranates, and areca nuts cut up and mixed with sugar-paste pinned with cloves into a betel leaf—these constituted the dessert. The Flying Legion Betel-leaf White lime is smeared upon the green leaf, which is then used to enwrap a bit of areca nut for chewing. A Little Book of Filipino Riddles The beach was lined with the areca, or fan-palm tree, from which the well-known liquor called toddy is procured. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 He had been autocratic, too; and had his boy servant carrying areca nuts, chunam and tobacco in two silk bags, another with a fan and a third holding an umbrella. Java Head Powdered areca nut is recommended in from three to ten grain doses. Common Diseases of Farm Animals It is many-coloured and contains little pockets, one for fragments of the spicy areca, one for the small tin box which contains fresh lime, one for cloves, one for cardamoms, and so on. Behind the Bungalow Down the arms and over the shoulders are similar designs representing leaves of the areca palm. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Near the palace was an areca tree, and while Toun Djana was looking at the Queen the tree split in two. Malayan Literature For want of areca, the bark is also used by the Indians as a substitute. History of the Philippine Islands Epsom salts, powdered areca nut and santonin are the remedies commonly recommended for the treatment of intestinal worms. Common Diseases of Farm Animals In the first place, the areca nut palm is almost, if not altogether, the most graceful of all its graceful tribe. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The trouble arose through her desire to earn some pin-money by being photographed in the act of climbing an areca palm, a proceeding which did not meet with his approval. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 The roads were good, and were continuously shaded by fruit-trees, coco and areca palms. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes He moved ahead around the screening fronds of a young areca palm, and came to an abrupt halt, his eyes fixed on an object in the midst of the tropical undergrowth. Out of the Primitive Both the areca nut and santonin may be given with the feed. Common Diseases of Farm Animals For the areca nut is the betel nut. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Ye shall have no lack of food nor of betel-leaves nor of areca nuts nor of tobacco. The Golden Bough Low wooden cabins and bamboo huts, surmounted with green foliage and blossoming flowers, are picturesquely grouped with areca palms, and tall, feather-headed bamboos, upon its banks. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes It was very hot, but the afternoon airs were strong enough to lift the British ensign out of its heavy folds and to rustle the graceful fronds of the areca palms. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither They could not sufficiently praise the tall and graceful stem of the arrowy areca, contrasting with the solid pyramid of the cypress, and the more masculine stature of the palm. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance The coast districts of Canara and Malabar being famed for their betel nuts, the trade name of the article was taken from the languages current there, and was tortured by the Portuguese into areca. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The office of the latter is hereditary; his duty is to impose a taboo on any of the crops, such as the coco-nuts and areca nuts, whenever he thinks it desirable to prohibit their use. The Golden Bough The leaves are a rich dark green, and very light and feathery, beneath which the nuts grow in clusters similar to those of the areca palm. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The products are manifold—guavas, mangoes, lemons, oranges, bananas, plantains, shaddocks, bread-fruit, etc.; and sugar, rice, sweet potatoes, ginger, areca, and cocoa-nuts, coffee, cloves, some nutmegs, and black and white pepper. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Noticing a pot of areca nut toothpaste on a chemist's counter, I asked him what the peculiar properties of the areca nut were—in short, what was it good for. Concerning Animals and Other Matters In life the betel vine climbs up the stem of the areca palm, and in death the areca nut is rolled in a shroud of the betel leaf and the two are munched together. Concerning Animals and Other Matters As soon as he appears in front he is stroked with the sweet-scented blossoms of the areca palm and tied to a woman. The Golden Bough Nevertheless, I have never seen an areca palm overturned by a storm; they bow gracefully to the wind, and the extreme elasticity of the wood secures them from destruction. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon It is certainly not beautiful as grown in Province Wellesley, and I am becoming faithless to my allegiance to it in this region of areca and other more graceful palms. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither The areca is a palm of great elegance; it rises to a height of about eighty feet, and a rich feathery crest adorns the summit. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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