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Anacardium
(gcide) | Anacardium \An`a*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? similar to + ?
heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble
the heart of a bird.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
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anacardium
(wn) | Anacardium
n 1: type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew [syn: Anacardium,
genus Anacardium] |
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Anacardium occidentale
(gcide) | Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou,
prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.]
1. (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same
family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America,
but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its
fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an
edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
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2. the cashew nut.
[PJC]
Cashew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew,
which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled
from the shell by roasting the nut.
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Semecarpus Anacardium
(gcide) | Marking \Mark"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks
made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as,
the marking of a bird's plumage.
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Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium,
an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a
blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and
an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
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anacardium
(wn) | Anacardium
n 1: type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew [syn: Anacardium,
genus Anacardium] |
anacardium occidentale
(wn) | Anacardium occidentale
n 1: tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts
that are edible only when roasted [syn: cashew, {cashew
tree}, Anacardium occidentale] |
genus anacardium
(wn) | genus Anacardium
n 1: type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew [syn: Anacardium,
genus Anacardium] |
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