cashew

[ kash-oo, kuh-shoo ]

noun
  1. a tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to tropical America, having milky juice, simple, leathery leaves, and yellowish-pink flowers in open clusters.

  2. Also called cashew nut . the small, kidney-shaped, edible nut of this tree.

Origin of cashew

1
1695–1705; <Portuguese cajú, aphetic variant of acajú<Tupi akaʾiu

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cashew

/ (ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː) /


noun
  1. a tropical American anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Anacardium occidentale, bearing kidney-shaped nuts that protrude from a fleshy receptacle

  2. Also called: cashew nut the edible nut of this tree

Origin of cashew

1
C18: from Portuguese cajú, from Tupi acajú

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