cashew
a tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to tropical America, having milky juice, simple, leathery leaves, and yellowish-pink flowers in open clusters.
Also called cashew nut . the small, kidney-shaped, edible nut of this tree.
Origin of cashew
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How to use cashew in a sentence
Another liquid pleasure is an old-fashioned, gold with saffron liqueur, biting with ginger liqueur and softly nutty, thanks to the introduction of Scotch to cashew butter.
If you put all the green blocks in a lineup and make me guess which is asparagus square and which is pistachio and cashew square, I’ll have no idea.
I Don’t Think This Is What People Meant by ‘Three Square Meals a Day’ | Elazar Sontag | August 26, 2021 | EaterTry it out with another nut or seed butter, such as almond, cashew or sunflower seed, and it will yield similar results.
Spicy peanut noodles are a quick, pantry-friendly meal that’s ready for riffing | Aaron Hutcherson | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostEating apart when food is loveAnother tradition, Susan Qin said, is to wrap a cashew in one or two of the dumplings.
Homemade dumplings bring me closer to family this Lunar New Year, even from far away | Marian Liu | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostUsing almond or cashew flour will thicken, flavor and add protein to the final gravy, which may be more velvety than perfectly smooth.
How to make pan gravy with or without meat drippings | Daniela Galarza | November 11, 2020 | Washington Post
Anacard, an′a-kard, n. the cashew-nut, the fruit of the Anacardium occidentale.
There was one very curious, which they call maraon in Cuba, but papa says in Jamaica it is called cashew.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881 | VariousThe fleshy part is juicy, and somewhat like the cashew-apple, with a pleasant acidity added.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneHe saw that Miss Beggs' small white teeth were crushing salted cashew nuts.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerOf the former the leaves are smooth and pointed; of the latter they are roundish, resembling those of the cashew.
The History of Sumatra | William Marsden
British Dictionary definitions for cashew
/ (ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː) /
a tropical American anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Anacardium occidentale, bearing kidney-shaped nuts that protrude from a fleshy receptacle
Also called: cashew nut the edible nut of this tree
Origin of cashew
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