cashew
noun/ˈkæʃuː/, /kæˈʃuː/
/ˈkæʃuː/, /kæˈʃuː/
(also cashew nut)
- the small curved nut of the tropical American cashew tree, used in cooking and often eaten salted with alcoholic drinksTopics Foodc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCashew is used before these nouns:
- nut
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani acajú, cajú.Definitions on the go
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