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anacardic

anacardic adjective: pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale). Also the ellipsis of anacardic acid.

Adjective

anacardic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).
    • At the request of Defence Food Research Laboratory, 14 new anacardic compounds synthesised from tetrahydroanacardol were screened for toxicity to insect and albino rats.1967, Central Food Technological Research Institute (India), Annual Report - Central Food Technological Research Institute, page 2
    • The kernels yield an oil, anacardic oil, used in the preparation of varnishes, typewriter rolls, paints and water-proofing paper.1993, S. N. Pandey, Ajanta Chadha, A Text Book Ofbotany: Plant Anatomy and Economic Botany, →ISBN

Also used as

anacardic is also the ellipsis of anacardic acid.

Origin of anacardic

From taxonomic name Anacardium + -ic.

Words formed from anacardic

Phrases with anacardic

Questions about anacardic

What does anacardic mean?
Anacardic means pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).
What part of speech is anacardic?
Anacardic is an adjective.

Words near anacardic in the dictionary

  1. Anacapa
  2. Anacapri
  3. anacardate
  4. anacardates
  5. anacardiaceous
  6. anacardic
  7. anacardic acid
  8. anacardic acids
  9. anacardium nut
  10. anacardium nuts
  11. anacardol

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