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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An enlarged growth of the disk and peduncle beneath a fruit. See
Anacardium (with cut).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See
Illust. ofcashew .
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