Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anacardic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anac-ardic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).

noun

Ellipsis of anacardic acid.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At the request of Defence Food Research Laboratory, 14 new anacardic compounds synthesised from tetrahydroanacardol were screened for toxicity to insect and albino rats."
"The kernels yield an oil, anacardic oil, used in the preparation of varnishes, typewriter rolls, paints and water-proofing paper."
"Thus, it was concluded that the exudate of the resistant genotype contained four anacardic acid components."
"Resin heat- product of a mixture of modified liquid anacardic and modified pine wood resin."
"It contains phenols, tannin and anacardic."

Etymology

From taxonomic name Anacardium + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mul-tax:Anacardium

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

anacardate

Questions

What does anacardic mean?: Pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).
Where does anacardic come from?: From taxonomic name Anacardium + -ic.

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