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Noun: cashew  ka-shoo or ku'shoo
  1. Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
    - cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale
     
  2. Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
    - cashew nut

Sounds like: cachou

Derived forms: cashews

Type of: edible nut, nut, nut tree

Part of: Anacardium, genus Anacardium

Encyclopedia: Cashew