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Definition: ANACARDIACEOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb anacardiaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(anacardiaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective anacardiaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Anacardiaceous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ANACARDIACEOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb anacardiaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(anacardiaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective anacardiaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ANACARDIACEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)