Definition of Anacardium occidentale. Meaning of Anacardium occidentale. Synonyms of Anacardium occidentale

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Definition of Anacardium occidentale

Anacardium occidentale
Cashew Ca*shew" (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.] (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. 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.

Meaning of Anacardium occidentale from wikipedia

- known species is Anacardium occidentale, which is commercially cultivated for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. The name Anacardium, originally from...
- Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to South America and is the source...
- Varghese, T.; Pundir, Y. (1964). "Anatomy of the pseudocarp in Anacardium occidentale L.". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B. 59...
- a closely related species within the same genus as the cashew (Anacardium occidentale). Fruit-eating bats pick the fruit of the wild cashew and transport...
- Streptomyces cyaneus. It is also found in cashew nuts**** liquid (Anacardium occidentale), in Anacardium othonianum and in Ardisia elliptica. It is an inhibitor...
- is derived by contraction from the genus Anacardium, which includes the cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale. The name of the genus itself is based on...
- lipids, chemical compounds found in the s**** of the cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale). An acid form of urushiol, they also cause an allergic skin rash...
- Anacardiaceae. The following genera are recognised: Actinocheita Amphipterygium Anacardiumcashews Androtium Apterokarpos Astronium Baronia Blepharocarya Bonetiella...
- pollinating crops such as Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) and Cashew (Anacardium occidentale, pollinated by C. tarsata among others). The mating system of one...
- harvested from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia. Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) Originated in northeastern Brazil and widely grown in the tropics...