GENUS ANACARDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anacardium mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANACARDIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anacardium; genus Anacardium

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anacardium"):

Anacardium occidentale; cashew; cashew tree (tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)