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榔: betel palm (in 檳榔)

betel palm (in 檳榔)
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Appears only in palm names: 檳榔 (びんろう, betel palm) and 枇榔 (びろう, fan palm); rare elsewhere.

Key words

檳榔びんろうbetel palm
檳榔樹びんろうじゅbetel palm tree
檳榔子びんろうじbetel nut
枇榔びろうChinese fan palm

Example sentences

On southern islands, the custom of chewing betel nuts still remains.

Tall, straight betel palms stood in a row along the shore.

The biro (Chinese fan palm) is a palm that grows wild from southern Kyushu through the southern islands.

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