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Cashew

//ˈkæʃuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

    "Soft-wood grafting and veneer grafting are successful in cashew."

  2. 2
    kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted wordnet
  3. 3
    A cashew nut.

    "In some countries, cashews continue to be cracked manually although cracking machinery and other shelling mechanisms have been introduced."

  4. 4
    tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted wordnet

Etymology

Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.

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