Thesaurus: cashew
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,…
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- n. 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.
- n. tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
- n. kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
- 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. Casbew 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.
- A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which thesumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized inall tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at theextremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three incheslong. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, whichis edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell byroasting the nut.
- n:100 n. tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted n. kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted