Cashew

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou,
     prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. {Acajou}.]
     1. (Bot.) A tree ({Anacardium occidentale}) of the same
        family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America,
        but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its
        fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an


        edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the {cashew nut}.
        [PJC]
  
     {Cashew nut}, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew,
        which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled
        from the shell by roasting the nut.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cashew
       n 1: tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts
            that are edible only when roasted [syn: {cashew tree}, {Anacardium
            occidentale}]
       2: kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted [syn: {cashew nut}]