Anacardium \An`a*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? similar to + ? heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See {Cashew}.
Anacardium n : type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew [syn: {genus Anacardium}]