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Definition of Anacardium
1. Noun. Type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Anacardiaceae, Family Anacardiaceae, Sumac Family
Member holonyms: Anacardium Occidentale, Cashew, Cashew Tree
Definition of Anacardium
1. n. A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
Medical Definition of Anacardium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacardium
Literary usage of Anacardium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Clinical materia medica by Ernest Albert Farrington (1897)
"The anacardium orientate, which comes from the East. 2. The anacardium occidentale,
the western anacardium or cashew nut. 3. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... anacardium, L., a tree indigenous to the East Indies. The nut, known as the
East Indian cashew nut, is about i inch long, nearly heart-shaped, flattish, ..."
3. Clinical Therapeutics by Temple S. Hoyne (1878)
"Dr. Weber says that in cases where the intellect remained weak or impaired for
some time after severe fevers, small pox, etc., anacardium effected, ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"The almonds of anacardium orientale contain a little sweet oil. The pericarp
contains Jrd of a blistering oil of sp. gr. 0-991, easily soluble in ether, ..."
5. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1854)
"The Action of anacardium Orientale. By Dr. WEBER, of Hanover. During my homoeopathic
practice of sixteen ... In all the materia medica, anacardium seemed ..."
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