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cajew nut

cajew nut is the obsolete form of cashew nut.

Meaning of cashew nut

Noun

cashew nut (plural cashew nuts)

  1. The seed of the cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in the culinary sense.
    • Cashew nut is made up of a fruit in which the kernel is embedded. The real fruit of the cashew is commonly a nut. It is a kidney- or heart-shaped achene, in any normal variety.2015, Encyclopedia of Food and Health, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 683
    Synonyms:
    cashew

Forms of cajew nut

pluralcajew nuts

Questions about cajew nut

What is cajew nut the obsolete form of?
Cajew nut is the obsolete form of cashew nut.

Words near cajew nut in the dictionary

  1. cajeput
  2. cajeput oil
  3. cajeputene
  4. cajeputol
  5. Cajetan
  6. cajew nut
  7. caji
  8. Cajigas
  9. Cajigases
  10. Cajina
  11. Cajinas

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