cashew
/ˈkæʃuː/
cashew noun: any tree of the genus Anacardium.
Noun
cashew (plural cashews)
- Any tree of the genus Anacardium.
- A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
- Soft-wood grafting and veneer grafting are successful in cashew.2002, P. K. Ray, Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, page 221
- Also known as the Native Cashew, it is a member of the Anacardiaceae, the same plant family to which the Cashew and Mango trees belong.2005, Roger Martin, Tree-Kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea, page 106
- Synonyms:
- acajou
- A cashew nut.
- In some countries, cashews continue to be cracked manually although cracking machinery and other shelling mechanisms have been introduced.1996, Thomas Payne, “17: Nuts”, in Laszlo Somogyi, Diane M. Barrett, Y. H. Hui, editors, Processing Fruits, page 529
- The bland cashew is a fitting substitute for higher priced almonds to extend the nut texture. In baking, however, almonds are more suitable for cake decoration than cashews.2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., The Book of Edible Nuts, page 46
cashew meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cashew in Hindi
- any tree of the genus Anacardium
- काजू kājū
cashew in Tamil
- any tree of the genus Anacardium
- முந்திரி muntiri
cashew in Marathi
- any tree of the genus Anacardium
- काजू kājū
cashew in Urdu
- cashew
- کاجو kājū
More languagesFewer languages
- cashew in Bengali
- কাজুবাদাম, কাজুবাদামের গাছ
- cashew in Telugu
- జీడి jīḍi
- cashew in Malayalam
- കശുമാവ് kaśumāvŭ
- cashew in Kannada
- ಕೇರ್, ಕೇರು, ಗೇರ್, ಗೇರು
- cashew in Gujarati
- કાજુ kāju
- cashew in Odia
- କାଜୁ kāju
- cashew in Tagalog
- kasoy
- cashew in Arabic
- كَاجُو kājū, بَلَاذِر balāḏir
- cashew in Malay
- gajus, janggus, jambu golok
- cashew in Thai
- มะม่วงหิมพานต์ má-mûuang-hǐm-má-paan
- cashew in Vietnamese
- cây điều, cây đào lộn hột
- cashew in Myanmar
- သီဟိုဠ် sihuil
Examples of cashew in a sentence
- Cashew (Anacardium occidental L.) is an export-oriented crop grown for its nuts, a true drupe.2007, Alice Kurian, K. V. Peter (series editor), Commercial Crops Technology (Horticulture Science; 8), page 63:
- This is a spicy variation of Kung Pao Chicken using cashews rather than the more common peanuts.2010, Dick Logue, 500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes, page 413:
Synonyms of cashew
Forms of cashew
| plural | cashews |
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Origin of cashew
Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.
Words formed from cashew
- cashew apple
- cashew bird
- cashewlike
- cashew milk
- cashew nut
- cashew nutshell liquid
- cashew tree
- Otaheite cashew
- wild cashew
Phrases with cashew
Words that rhyme with cashew
Questions about cashew
- What does cashew mean?
- Cashew means any tree of the genus Anacardium.
- What is cashew in Hindi?
- Cashew in Hindi is काजू (kājū). See Cashew meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cashew in a sentence?
- Cashew (Anacardium occidental L.) is an export-oriented crop grown for its nuts, a true drupe.
- What part of speech is cashew?
- Cashew is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cashew?
- Cashew is pronounced /ˈkæʃuː/.
- What is the plural of cashew?
- The plural of cashew is cashews.
Words near cashew in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cashew (page history and authors); کاجو (Urdu) (page history and authors); cashew (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జీడి (Telugu) (page history and authors); cashew (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କାଜୁ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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