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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cashew
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Garnish with the chopped cashew nuts and dust the salad with a little cayenne pepper.
▪ My father traded ill cashews oil the coast.
▪ Nuts can be eaten in moderation, but not cashew nuts as they are rich in carbohydrate.
▪ Roll out dough, cut into stars and top with cashew halves.
▪ Scatter over the chopped cashews and add some freshly ground black pepper.
▪ The one time I cheated and ate real food, I had a cashew.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cashew

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.

  2. the cashew nut.

    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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cashew

1703, a shortening of French acajou, from older Portuguese acajú from Tupi (Brazil) acajuba, name of the tree that produces the nut.

Wiktionary
cashew

n. 1 A tree, ''Anacardium occidentale'', native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. 2 A cashew nut.

WordNet
cashew
  1. n. 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]

Wikipedia
Cashew

The cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple.

It can grow as high as , but the dwarf cashew, growing up to , has proved more profitable, with earlier maturity and higher yields.

The cashew seed, often simply called a cashew, is widely consumed. It is eaten on its own, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. The cashew apple is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor.

The shell of the cashew seed yields derivatives that can be used in many applications from lubricants to paints.

The species is originally native to northeastern Brazil. Today, major production of cashews occurs in Vietnam, Nigeria, India and Ivory Coast.

Usage examples of "cashew".

The indigenous cashew nut may replace the peanut in some Brazilian versions.

As with the vatapa recipe that follows, it need only be accompanied by rice and a simple vegetable or salad, and is more flavorful if the nut butter, either peanut or cashew, is blended rather than bought.

A whole fish smothered with a sauce of cashew nuts and coconut, not to mention a pound of fresh shrimp, renders the dish a spectacular centerpiece to any meal.

Grijpstra liked nuts, especially cashew nuts which he sometimes bought in small tins.

I added rice, and opened plastic tubs of sun-dried tomatoes, green olives, olive oil, and cashew nuts.

Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan to near smoking, add the cashews, and turn off the heat.

The Fleet Center had replaced the old Garden, and I could tell that the joint was trying to go along with the upscale clientele, because there was a bowl of cashews on the bar.

And then, the next day, there are bowls of cashews on the table, a jug of tomato juice.

Then he offers me a bowl of cashews, he opens a liquor cabinet next to the fireplace, and I see rows of keys hanging there, sparkling and familiar.

It had peanuts, pecans, pistachios, almonds, cashews, Brazil, acorns, macadamia, walnut, chestnut, pine, beechnut, filbert, hickory, mixed.

Along each side of the long center aisle there were stalls selling yogurt with fruit topping, kielbasy on a roll with sauerkraut, lobster rolls, submarine sandwiches, French bread, country pate, Greek salad, sweet and sour chicken, baklava, cookies, bagels, oysters, cheese, fresh fruit on a stick, ice cream, cheesecake, barbecued chicken, pizza, doughnuts, cookies, galantine of duck, roast beef sandwiches with chutney on fresh-baked bread, bean sprouts, dried peaches, jumbo cashews and other nuts.

In a dry skillet, gently roast oats, cashews, macadamia nut, and almonds over medium heat.

Other oils rich in monounsaturated fats include those made from macadamia, almond, and cashew nuts.

Indian chutney, cottage cheese, gooseberry jam, gingerbread, a cheese slipover consisting of a deep-dish apple pie with a Welsh rabbit melted over it, lobster stuffed and baked, broccoli Parmesan, crisp endive with Roquefort dressing, baked Alaska, coffee with grated orange peel and a clove, a Bacardi swizzle and a bottle of Fiora del Alpina, with a cashew nut to nibble and any other expensive or out of season comestibles obtainable or not.

Then he offers me a bowl of cashews, he opens a liquor cabinet next to the fireplace, and I see rows of keys hanging there, sparkling and familiar.