Definition of cashew

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Cashew (n.) 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..

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Anacardium :: Anacardium (n.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
Anacardiaceous :: Anacardiaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples..
Cashew :: Cashew (n.) 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..
Hypocarpium :: Hypocarpium (n.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew..
Anacardic :: Anacardic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid..
Acajou :: Acajou (n.) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew..
Cardol :: Cardol (n.) A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut..
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