Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-A-CAR'DI-UM
AN-A-CAMP'TICSAN-A-CA-THAR'TIC
AN-A-CAR'DI-UM, n.
The name of a genus of plants, a species of which produces the cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, acrid, inflammable liquor, which, when used in marking, turns black, and is very durable. – Ure.
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