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Definition of cashew noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cashew

noun
 
/ˈkæʃuː/,
 
/kæˈʃuː/
 
/ˈkæʃuː/,
 
/kæˈʃuː/
(also cashew nut)
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  1. the small curved nut of the tropical American cashew tree, used in cooking and often eaten salted with alcoholic drinksTopics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCashew is used before these nouns:
    • nut
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani acajú, cajú.
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