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cashew en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkæʃjuː/
• /ˈkæʃuː/
• /kəˈʃuː/

Etymology

Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.

Meanings

1. Any tree of the genus Anacardium.
2. A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
   • Cashew (Anacardium occidental L.) is an export-oriented crop grown for its nuts, a true drupe. 2007, Alice Kurian, K. V. Peter (series editor), Commercial Crops Technology (Horticulture Science; 8), page 63:
   • Soft-wood grafting and veneer grafting are successful in cashew. 2002, P. K. Ray, Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, page 221:
   • Also known as the Native Cashew, it is a member of the Anacardiaceae, the same plant family to which the Cashew and Mango trees belong. 2005, Roger Martin, Tree-Kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea, page 106:
3. A cashew nut.
   • In some countries, cashews continue to be cracked manually although cracking machinery and other shelling mechanisms have been introduced. 1996, Thomas Payne, “17: Nuts”, in Laszlo Somogyi, Diane M. Barrett, Y. H. Hui, editors, Processing Fruits, page 529:
   • This is a spicy variation of Kung Pao Chicken using cashews rather than the more common peanuts. 2010, Dick Logue, 500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes, page 413:
   • The bland cashew is a fitting substitute for higher priced almonds to extend the nut texture. In baking, however, almonds are more suitable for cake decoration than cashews. 2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., The Book of Edible Nuts, page 46:

Forms

Deriveds

cashew nutshell liquid · cashew apple · Otaheite cashew · cashew milk · cashewlike · cashew nut · wild cashew · cashew tree · cashew bird

Synonyms

acajou

Translations (85)

car oroi (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ms gajus (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · la cassuvium (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es marañón (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · nl cachou (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sq kashu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sou ยาร่วง (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · mn хушны (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pl nanercz (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · tr bilader ağacı (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · srm kàdyu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · de Kaschu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pl orzech nerkowca (cashew nut) · mi keihū (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · cmn 腰果樹 /腰果树 (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sk kešu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · gu કાજુ (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · hu kesudió (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · af cachou (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · vi cây điều (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · el ανακάρδιο (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ja カシュー (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · fi munuaispuu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · hu kesu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ca anacard (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sl índijski (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · mt anakardju (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · nl cashew (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · km ស្វាយចន្ទី (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ms janggus (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · it anacardio (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · arw merehi (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · de Kaschubaum (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · nl kasjoe (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ko 캐슈 (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pt cajueiro (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · hi काजू (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · tl kasoy (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · et lääneanakard (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pt caju (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · eo akaĵuujo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · srn kasyu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · fr cajou (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · mk индиски орев (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es cayú (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ro anacardier (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · so mahabibo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · cy cashiw (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ar بَلَاذِر (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · et india nakrapuu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · vi cây đào lộn hột (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ml കശുമാവ് (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · hu kesufa (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es anacardo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ar كَاجُو (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · eo akaĵuarbo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · fr anacardier (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · uk ке́ш'ю (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sw mbibo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sw mkorosho (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sou หัวครก (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · mg mahabibo (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ta முந்திரி (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ro acaju (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · tr kaju (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pl nerkowiec (cashew nut) · mr काजू (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es cajuil (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · az kašu (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · bg кашу (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ru кешью́ (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ms jambu golok (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es merey (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · hy բալատրենի (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sv acajouträd (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es cajú (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es pepa (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · tr Amerika elması (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · es nuez de la India (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · my သီဟိုဠ် (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · th มะม่วงหิมพานต์ (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · sw mkanju (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · pl nerkowiec (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · ka აკაჟუ (any tree of the genus Anacardium) · cs kešu oříšek (any tree of the genus Anacardium)