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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The fruit of an East Indian tree, Semecarpus Anacardium: so called because it contains a juice used in marking cloths. Also called Malacca bean, marsh-nut, and Oriental cashew-nut. See
cashew-nut and bean.
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“The fruit of the cashew or marking-nut tree betrays a similar feature in more pronounced fashion.”
“One prominent example may be mentioned-viz., “the marking-nut tree.””
“Girls, if they were as old as seven, were sometimes disfigured for fear of recognition, and for this purpose the juice of the marking-nut [218] tree would be smeared on one side of the face, which burned into the skin and entirely altered the appearance.”
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
“They abstain from the use of ginger and from the juice of the _bhilawa_ or marking-nut tree.”
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
“Some of them are also village watchmen, and another special avocation of theirs is the collection of the oil of the marking-nut tree (_Semecarpus anacardium_).”
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
“One morning he noticed on one of the soles of the boy's feet a stain of the juice of the _bhilawa_ [31] or marking-nut tree, which raises blisters on the skin.”
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
“One prominent example may be mentioned-viz., "the marking-nut tree.”
“(marking-nut), and a remarkable black pigment resembling that from”
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