Acajou

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  • n. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
  • n. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany acajou colour:    
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See cashew.
  • n. The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of mahogany, the wood of Cedrela fissilis: also applied to the true mahogany and other similar woods. See mahogany.
  • n. The fruit of the tree Anacardium occidentale. See cashew-nut, cashew-tree.
  • n. A gum or resin extracted from the bark of Anacardium occidentale.
  • Word Usage
    "Newly arrived runaways had first to erase their past, mutilating their brands with knives or the juice of toxic plants—acajou or bresillet—that caused disfiguring welts."
    Variant
    cashew