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bonga

/ˈbonɡa/

noun, feminine/ˈbonɡa/plural: bongas

silk-cotton tree

Synonyms: ceiba

noun, feminine/ˈbonɡa/plural: bongas

a mixture of areca nut and betel pepper leaves customarily used for betelnut chewing; areca nut

Synonyms: buyo, betel

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *buŋa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa Tagalog bungabor. Spanish bonga Borrowed from Tagalog bunga.