ANACARDIUM

(Lat.), n. n. ‘di?-u3m(utm). Gr., dvaxdpSiov (from ava, up, and xapôla, the heart, on account of the heart-shaped seeds). Fr., anacarde (Ist def.), anacardier (2d def.). Ger., Nierenbaum. It, an a cardio. Sp.,an a car dos. 1. The cashew-nut. See A. occident ale. 2. A genus of anacardiaceous plants, established by Rottbéd, distinguished by their reniform fruit places at the end of a fleshy pyriform receptacle. The genus A. of marck is the Seme carpus of Linnæus. ir. 19, 170,|—An a card i i occidental is fructus. The cashew-nut. [B, 180. dentale.— An a card i i oriental is fructis. ie 180.) See SEME CARPUS a.—A. curatellæfolium [A. ilaire], A. humile (a. de St. Hilaire] Two Eastern spèci ing the same properties and employed for the same pur A. occident ale, being more particular] employed as ve [‘* Ann. de sci. nat,” July, 1831, p. 274 (B, 180); B, 121.]—A. cum, A. lati folium [Lamarck]. See SEME CARPUS 4.—A. long i folium [Lamarck]. The Seme carpus a., or, according to others, the Seme carpus ca uvium. [B, 98, 173, 180.]—A. nanum [A. de St. Hilaire]. A dwarf species having © plorere and uses like those of À. occident ale, being employed particularly as a vesicant. [Anne de sci. nat.,” July, 1881, p. 274 (B, 180): B, 121.]— A. occident ale [Linnæus}. Fr. acajou à pommes. Ger., Acajoubaum. It, acajà. Sp, marañon. ve Ca uvium poniiferum [Lamarck], The cashew-nut tree (kaju of the Hindoos), a tree OR to tropical America and naturalized in Africa and India, It produces an ash-brown, reniform fruit—the cashew-nut (Fr, pom me [ou noix]; Ger., Acajounu , west in disc he Elephantenläuse), The cashew-nut contains an edible kernel from which an edible oil is obtained; it is a subacid and astringent, and is used in India as an application in chronic ophthalmias. The juice of the nut is made into wine, and has been given as a remedy in dropsy. The pericarp of the nut contains a black acrid oil (cardol) which is a powerful vesicant, and is ge to “warts, corns, and ulcers.” The bark of the tree is administered internally in syphilis, and a gum obtained from the trunk is used as a substitute for gum arabic, being particularly useful when the attacks of insects are to See A. occi- The marking-nut. de St. be guarded against. [B, 172, 180.]—A. of ficin arum [Gärtner], A. orientale [Joust]. See SEME CARPUS a.—A. rhino carpus [De Candolle]. Syn.: Rhino carpus,excetsa [Bert.]. The wild-cashew tree, called espuve in Panama caracoll in New Granada. A lofty tree rowing in Colombia and British Guiana, furnishing good timber and an edible fruit like that of A. occident ale. In Panama, its bark is said to be used for polsoning fish in the streams. [B, 19, AO Enact an a card i i occidental is, Fructus an a card i i oriental is, Semen an a card i i occidental is, Semen an a card i i orlentalis. See An a card i i uccidentalis fructus and An a card i i oriental is fructus.