cashewlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From cashew + -like.
Meanings
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(rare) Resembling or characteristic of a cashew nut.
I baited my hook with another cashewlike worm.
1995, Scott Heim, Mysterious skin:...while the alpha female dug between the banana trees and pulled up a large dried branch with cashewlike nuts hanging from it.
1996, Petru Popescu, Almost Adam:...a boy curled cashewlike into me, his breath timed with my own chest's rise and fall. How many dozens of hours had I sat like this?
2002, Michael Lowenthal, Avoidance:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cashewlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cashewlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |