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Cashew

Cashew Meaning & Definition
Cashew Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cashew?

[n] kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
[n] tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cashew: Anacardium occidentale | cashew nut | cashew tree

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cashew:

See Also | Anacardium | Anacardium occidentale | cashew | cashew | cashew nut | cashew tree | edible nut | genus Anacardium | nut tree

Cashew In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. {Acajou}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Anacardium occidentale}) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. {Cashew nut}, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

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