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cashew-nut

cashew-nut is the alternative spelling 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 cashew-nut

pluralcashew-nuts

Questions about cashew-nut

What is cashew-nut the alternative spelling of?
Cashew-nut is the alternative spelling of cashew nut.

Words near cashew-nut in the dictionary

  1. cashew apples
  2. cashew milk
  3. cashew nut
  4. cashew nuts
  5. cashew nutshell liquid
  6. cashew-nut
  7. cashew-nuts
  8. cashewlike
  9. cashewnut
  10. cashewnuts
  11. cashews

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