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Cashew

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Noun

1. anacardium occidentale, cashew, cashew tree

tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

2. cashew, cashew nut

kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cashew

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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

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Cashew

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noun
1. 
a tropical evergreen tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the cashew family, with kidney-shaped, poisonous nuts, each at the end of an edible, pear-shaped receptacle (cashew apple), yielding oils used to make various resins, plastics, etc.
2. 
the nut, edible after being roasted
: also cashew nut
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Anacardiaceae) of dicotyledonous trees, shrubs, and vines (order Sapindales), including the pistachio, mango, and sumac

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cashew

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n.
1. A tropical American evergreen tree (Anacardium occidentale) widely cultivated for its edible seeds.
2. The kidney-shaped seed of this tree.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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