Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American evergreen tree (Anacardium occidentale) widely cultivated for its edible seeds.
- noun The kidney-shaped seed of this tree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cushaw . - noun The Anacardium occidentale and its fruit. See
Anacardium and cashew-nut. - noun Same as
cachou .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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. - noun the cashew nut.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tree,
Anacardium occidentale , native to northeasternBrazil , now widely grown in tropical climates for itscashew nuts andcashew apples . - noun A
cashew nut .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
- noun tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most relevant achievements during his term were to shrink the economy to bleak inflation (by 80% per month, when he left office) and to make fashionable big blazers and dying hair in cashew nut shades.
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However, using it as a nutcracker by rolling over a cashew is a lousy idea.
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However, using it as a nutcracker by rolling over a cashew is a lousy idea.
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However, using it as a nutcracker by rolling over a cashew is a lousy idea.
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Rich in vitamin C, cajueiro, also known as cashew fruit is an old time remedy for colds and flus.
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I would have to say that the cashew is the nut of all nuts.
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Rich in vitamin C, cajueiro, also known as cashew fruit is an old time remedy for colds and flus.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Rich in vitamin C, cajueiro, also known as cashew fruit is an old time remedy for colds and flus.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Rich in vitamin C, cajueiro, also known as cashew fruit is an old time remedy for colds and flus.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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From www.uga.edu/fruit: Fruit The true botanical fruit is a nut, about 1 long, shaped like a small boxing glove, hanging below a fleshy, swollen peduncle called the cashew apple or pseudofruit.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
kenspeckle commented on the word cashew
But also someone of Catholic and Jewish parentage according to Urban Dictionary.
February 17, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word cashew
That's clever!
February 17, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word cashew
See anacardic.
September 8, 2008
grant_barrett commented on the word cashew
This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day.
November 11, 2009