cashew

UK/ˈkæʃuː/US/ˈkæʃuː/

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Other forms: cashews

A cashew is a curved, buttery, kidney-shaped nut. Roast cashews, a handful of cashews, cashew butter.

It grows on the outside of a fruit rather than inside one, hanging beneath a fleshy cashew apple. The shell contains a caustic oil related to poison ivy, which is why they are never sold in the shell and why shelling them is dangerous work.

Definitions of cashew

1nouncashewA curved, buttery, kidney-shaped nut.B1+
“She stir-fried the chicken with cashews and green peppers.”

cashew is a nut.

Where it comes from

French acajou comes from a Tupi word of Brazil. English reanalysed the a as the article.

French
acajou
English, today
cashew

Borrowed from French acajou. Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from tpw akaîu. a doublet of acajou.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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cashew in the wild

In 2023, 3.9 million tons of cashew nuts were harvested globally, led by the Ivory Coast and India.
Cashew
Treated cashews are eaten on their own as a snack, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter.
Cashew
The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species.
Anacardiaceae
The cashew family is more abundant in warm or tropical regions, with only a few species living in the temperate zones.
Anacardiaceae
The two most popular types of feni are cashew feni and coconut feni.
Feni (liquor)

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