cashew

noun

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:
1695–1705; < Portuguese cajú, aphetic variant of acajú < Tupi akaʾiu

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cashew (ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː)

—n
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

[C18: from Portuguese cajú, from Tupi acajú]

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