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

- 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...
- known species is Anacardium occidentale, which is commercially cultivated for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. The name Anacardium, originally from...
- Varghese, T.; Pundir, Y. (1964). "Anatomy of the pseudocarp in Anacardium occidentale L.". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B. 59...
- robusta Herb. Anacardium corymbosum B. Rod. Anacardium humile A.St.-Hil. Anacardium nanum A.St.-Hil. Anacardium occidentale L. (=Anacardium curatellifolium...
- 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...
- (pepino-do-mato) Anacardium giganteum (cajuí) Anacardium humile (caju-anão) Anacardium microcarpum (caju, cashew) Anacardium occidentale Ananas comosus...
- ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 3523650. PMID 23131301. "USDA GRIN Taxonomy: Anacardium Occidentale". Retrieved 3 January 2017. "USDA GRIN Taxonomy: Carya illinoinensis"...
- hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews (Anacardium occidentale), pecan nuts (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch), Brazil nuts...
- makes its nest out of twigs of multiple plant species, including Anacardium occidentale and Caesalpinia pulcherrima. "Ceratina hieroglyphica Smith, 1854"...
- 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...