ANACARDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anacardium mean? 

• ANACARDIUM (noun)
  The noun ANACARDIUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew

  Familiarity information: ANACARDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANACARDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anacardium; genus Anacardium

Hypernyms ("Anacardium" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Anacardium"):

Anacardium occidentale; cashew; cashew tree (tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted)

Holonyms ("Anacardium" is a member of...):

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the nut fruit of Anacardium occidentale.

(Cashew Oil, NCI Thesaurus)