An a cardiacese, An A Cards

TEREBINTHS, n. pl. [From Gr. ana, up, and kardia, the heart.] ( Bot. ) An ord. of plants, of the alliance Rutales.- Diag. Apocarpous fruit, and a high ovule rising by a cord from the base of the cell. They are trees or shrubs, with a resinous, gummy, caustic, or even milky juice. Leaves single or compound, alternate, deciduous or evergreen; flowers generally unisexual, terminal or axillary, in panicles, with bracts: calyx 5-parted; 5 petals; 5 or 10 stamens; styles 1-3, sometimes wanting; fruit + in her is cent. The A. are chiefly natives of tropical countries. - Large trees, with inconspicuous flowers abounding in a resinous, sometimes acrid, poisonous juice, are the ordinary representatives of this order, to which belong the Cashew-nut ( Anacar dium occident ale), the Pistachio-nut ( Pistacia vera ), and the Mango fruit ( Mangifera indica ). Anacardic Acid. ( Chem.) A white, crystalline inodorous ma , of a feebly aromatic, and afterward burning taste, obtained from the fruit of Anacardium occident ale. It fuses at 79°; at 212 has a peculiar odor, and is decomposed at 392° into liquid products. Its alcoholic solution is acid.