Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The betel-nut palm, or its fruit. See
Areca , 2, and areca-nut.
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Examples
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Although there are so many plantations, a great part of Pinang is uncleared, and from the Peak most of it looks like a forest.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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They have been settled in Pinang and Singapore for ninety-three and sixty-three years respectively; but except that they have given up the barbarous custom of crushing the feet of girls, they are, in customs, dress, and habits, the exact counterparts of the Chinese of Canton or Amoy.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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It was very hot below, but when I went up on deck it was cool, and in the colored dawn we were just running up to the island-group of which Pinang is the chief, and reached the channel which divides it from Leper Island just at sunrise.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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The centre of Pinang is wooded and not much cultivated, but on the south and south-west coasts there are fine sugar, coffee and pepper plantations.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Banyan Tree The villas are about an hour and a half drive from the nearest town of Tanjung Pinang and about 10 minutes from the nearest ferry jetty.
On the Bay in Bintan 2011
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I have also seen suggestions that some detainees or asylum seekers in the Tanjung Pinang detention centre may have been badly treated.
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The original recipe calls for baby bananas, in which a variety called "Pinang Emas" comes to mind.
Pichet Ong's Banana Cake Mandy 2008
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The original recipe calls for baby bananas, in which a variety called "Pinang Emas" comes to mind.
Archive 2008-09-01 Mandy 2008
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Although there are so many plantations, a great part of Pinang is uncleared, and from the peak most of it looks like a forest.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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There are about six hundred and twelve Europeans in the town and on Pinang, but they make little show, though their large massive bungalows, under the shade of great bread-fruit and tamarind-trees, give one the idea of wealth and solidity.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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