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An irritant oil present esp. in the shells of cashew nuts and in the fruit of the ginkgo.
Of the Anacardium or Cashew-nut; as in anacardic acid, C44H64O7, extracted, together with cardol, by the action of ether on the pericarps of the…
as in arachidic acid (C20 H40 O2) obtained from the oil of the ground nut.