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Webster 1913 Edition


Anacardium

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Anˊa-car′di-um

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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
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Webster 1828 Edition


Anacardium

ANACAR'DIUM

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Noun.
The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, inflammable liquor, which, when used in marking, turns black, and is very durable.