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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A kind of mahogany, the wood of Cedrela fissilis: also applied to the true mahogany and other similar woods. See mahogany.
  2. n. The fruit of the tree Anacardium occidentale. See cashew-nut, cashew-tree.
  3. n. A gum or resin extracted from the bark of Anacardium occidentale.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
  2. n. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany . acajou colour:    

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See cashew.
  2. n. The mahogany tree; also, its timber.

Etymologies

  1. From French, acajou ("cashew"), from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi acaju or agapú ("mahogany") or the same root as cashew. (Wiktionary)

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  • mollusque Or the acajou boxes filled with little white packets like a village apothecary's cachets, wrapped in parchment covered with untranslatable ciphers . . .
    --Umberto Eco, 1988, Foucault's Pendulum, p. 14 Sep 29, 2008

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