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cashew
(kæʃuː, kæʃuː)
Word forms: plural cashews
countable noun
A cashew or a cashew nut is a curved nut that you can eat.
cashew in British English
(ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː)
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
Word origin
C18: from Portuguese cajú, from Tupi acajúcashew in American English
(ˈkæʃu; also, kəˈʃu)
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
Word origin
aphetic < Fr acajou < Port acajú < TupíImage ofcashew
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British English: cashew /ˈkæʃuː; kæˈʃuː/ NOUN
A cashew or a cashew nut is a curved nut that you can eat.
- American English: cashew
- Arabic: كَاجُو
- Brazilian Portuguese: caju
- Chinese: 腰果
- Croatian: indijski oraščić
- Czech: kešu
- Danish: cashewnød
- Dutch: cashewnoot
- European Spanish: anacardo
- Finnish: cashewpähkinä
- French: noix de cajou
- German: Cashewnuss
- Greek: φιστίκι κάσιους
- Italian: anacardio
- Japanese: カシューナッツ
- Korean: 캐슈
- Norwegian: cashew-nøtt
- Polish: nerkowiec
- European Portuguese: caju
- Romanian: alună caju
- Russian: кешью
- Latin American Spanish: anacardo
- Swedish: cashewnöt
- Thai: เมล็ดมะม่วงหิมพานต์
- Turkish: Hint fıstığı
- Ukrainian: кеш’ю
- Vietnamese: cây điều
Chinese translation of 'cashew'
cashew
(kæˈʃuː)
n (c)
- (also cashew nut)
腰果
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