Anacardiaceae

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Etymology

From Anacardium +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Anacardiaceae

  1. A taxonomic family within the order Sapindales – sumacs and a great variety of well-known fruit-producing or toxic plants and plants that have other useful products, including cashew, pistachio, mango, yellow mombin, Peruvian pepper, marula, and cuachalalate; poison ivy and poison oak; Chinese lacquer tree and mastic tree.
    • 2021 August 6, Rossie Izlar, “Poison Ivy And Its Pals: Some Common Myths”, in PBS North Carolina‎[1] (in English):
      Congratulations, you may have picked up the juice from a member of the family Anacardiaceae, which includes poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

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