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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fruit of the cashew, having an edible seed inside a hard shell containing caustic oils.
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- noun The seed of the
cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in theculinary sense, though in thebotanical sense classified as aseed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
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