ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anacardium occidentale mean? 

• ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE (noun)
  The noun ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE has 1 sense:

1. tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

  Familiarity information: ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anacardium occidentale; cashew; cashew tree

Hypernyms ("Anacardium occidentale" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "Anacardium occidentale"):

cashew; cashew nut (kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted)

Holonyms ("Anacardium occidentale" is a member of...):

Anacardium; genus Anacardium (type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the nut fruit of Anacardium occidentale.

(Cashew Oil, NCI Thesaurus)