Anacardium

( Bot. ) A gen. of plants, ord. Ana card i ace a. - A black varnish, well known in India, is manufactured from the nuts of the A. seme carpus, or Cashew-nut. This nut is eatable, but it is said to produce a singular effect on the brain. Anacatharsis, n. [Gr. ana, up, and katairo, to purge] ( Med.) A purgation by expectoration, in contradistinction from Catharsis, or evacuation downward. Anacathartic, n. ( Med.) A medicine that promotes expectoration, or vomiting. a . Promoting discharges from the mouth or nostrils. Anachar's is, a Scythian philosopher, who, in the time of Solon, visited Athens, where he was so much esteemed as to be the only barbarian ever admitted to the honor of citizenship. Lived in the 7th century B. c. The life of this philosopher was written by Lælius, who, with Plutarch and others, has preserved many of his apothegms. Anach'oret, n . See ANCHORET. Anachronic, Anachronical. See ANACHRON- ISTIC.