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NOIX ANACARDE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

The kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew borne at the apex of a fleshy receptacle and rendered edible by expelling the caustic oil from the shell by roasting.

OBS

Also used as a dry fruit in the food industry.

OBS

bean of Malacca; cashew nut; cashew: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Fruit de l'anacardier (anacarde), appelé aussi acajou à pommes, dont l'amande réniforme se mange comme la cacahuète.

OBS

Fruit sec utilisé dans l'industrie alimentaire.

OBS

cajou; pomme-cajou; noix-cajou; anacarde : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
DEF

Fruto [en] nuez profundamente reniforme, marginada en un lado y marcada ahí con una cicatríz que ha dejado el estilo, de una semilla, de color verde-grisáceo, de brillo tenue, de 2,5-3 cm de largo y 2-2,5 cm de ancho [con] forma de pera, carnosa, de color amarillo o rojo y brillante; el pedicelio [...] es de 4-8 cm de largo y 4-6 cm de grueso.

CONT

[...] el marañon es un árbol de follaje espeso y diseminado, perteneciente a la familia de las Anacardiáceas; [su] pseudo fruto conocido como fruto del marañón, se forma del pedúnculo o receptáculo, éste es engrosado y jugoso, de color amarillo o rojo, en el extremo se ubica el fruto verdadero, una nuez en forma de riñón, gris y dura, conocida como nuez de marañón.

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