Associations to the word «Cashew»

Pictures for the word «Cashew»

Wiktionary

CASHEW, noun. A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
CASHEW, noun. A cashew nut.
CASHEW APPLE, noun. An ovoid to pear-shaped accessory fruit or false fruit that develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower (the true fruit being the cashew nut).
CASHEW APPLES, noun. Plural of cashew apple
CASHEW NUT, noun. The seed of the cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in the culinary sense, though in the botanical sense classified as a seed.
CASHEW NUTS, noun. Plural of cashew nut

Dictionary definition

CASHEW, noun. Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted.
CASHEW, noun. Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted.

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