[kash-oo, kuh-shoo] 
| 1. | a tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to tropical America, having milky juice, simple, leathery leaves, and yellowish-pink flowers in open clusters. |
| 2. | Also called cashew nut. the small, kidney-shaped, edible nut of this tree. |
| cash·ew (kāsh'ōō, kə-shōō') n.
[Probably Portuguese acajú, from Tupi, from cajú, yellow fruit, acidic.] |