Family Anacardiaceae (Noun)
Meaning
The cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Anacardiaceae family comprises some 80 genera and over 800 species of flowering plants commonly known as the cashew or sumac family.
- Botanists believe that family Anacardiaceae originally thrived in tropical or subtropical zones with its center likely in what is now Southeast Asia.
- Family Anacardiaceae is relatively small with only six to eleven species, the most well-known of which is the cashew tree.
- The family Anacardiaceae is also known as the cashew family, and it includes a wide variety of plants, including the mango and pistachio trees.
- The family Anacardiaceae is a diverse group of plants that includes trees, shrubs, and vines, many of which produce edible fruits or nuts.