ANACARDIACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

anacardiaceous (not comparable)

(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.

Source: Wiktionary


An`a*car"di*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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