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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
cashew
n 1: tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts
that are edible only when roasted [syn: cashew, cashew
tree, Anacardium occidentale]
2: kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted [syn: cashew,
cashew nut]
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.] 1. (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. [1913 Webster] 2. the cashew nut. [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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