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Webster 1913 Edition
Anacardium
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Anˊa-car′di-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] similar to + [GREEK] 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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Anacardium
ANACAR'DIUM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Anacardium
Anacardium
Translingual
fruit of Anacardium occidentale
Proper noun
Anacardium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – the cashews.
Hypernyms
- (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Anacardiaceae - family; Anacardioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Anacardium excelsum (caracoli), Anacardium humile, Anacardium occidentale (cashew), Anacardium spruceanum - selected species