cashew

2 definitions found

cashew - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou,
     prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.]
     1. (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same
        family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America,
        but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its
        fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an
        edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the cashew nut.
        [PJC]
  
     Cashew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew,
        which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled
        from the shell by roasting the nut.
        [1913 Webster]

cashew - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cashew
      n 1: tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts
           that are edible only when roasted [syn: cashew, cashew tree
           , Anacardium occidentale]
      2: kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted [syn: cashew,
         cashew nut]