Ăn'a-cär'di-ŭm, n.

Ăn'a-cär'di-ŭm, n. [N. Lat. anacardium, Gr. ἀνακάρδιον, or ἀνάκαρδος, from ἀνά, in composition, similar to, and καρδία, heart; the fruit of this plant was thought to resemble the heart of a bird.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, a species of which produces the cashew-nut. See CASHEW.