cashew

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

/ˈkæʃuː/ /ˈkæʃjuː/ /kəˈʃuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cashew.wav

cashew cashews

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

acajou

cashew apple cashew bird cashewlike cashew milk cashew nut cashew nutshell liquid cashew tree Otaheite cashew wild cashew

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