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cashew nut

cashew nut noun: the seed of the cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in the culinary sense.

cashew nut: the seed of the cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in the culinary sense
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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

cashew nut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

cashew nut in Hindi

the seed of the cashew tree
काजू kājū

cashew nut in Tamil

the seed of the cashew tree
முந்திரி muntiri, முந்திரிக்கொட்டை muntirikkoṭṭai

cashew nut in Urdu

the seed of the cashew tree
کاجو kājū

cashew nut in Bengali

the seed of the cashew tree
কাজু kaju, কাজুবাদাম kajubadam
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cashew nut in Telugu
జీడిపిక్క jīḍipikka, కాజు kāju
cashew nut in Malayalam
കശുവണ്ടി kaśuvaṇṭi
cashew nut in Kannada
ಗೋಡಂಬಿ gōḍambi
cashew nut in Punjabi
ਕਾਜੂ kājū
cashew nut in Gujarati
કાજુ kāju
cashew nut in Odia
କାଜୁ kāju
cashew nut in Assamese
কাজু বাদাম kazu badam
cashew nut in Arabic
جَوْز الكَاجُو jawz al-kājū, بَلَاذُر balāḏur
cashew nut in Malay
jagus
cashew nut in Persian
بادام هندی bâdâm hendi
cashew nut in Thai
มะม่วงหิมพานต์ má-mûuang-hǐm-má-paan
cashew nut in Vietnamese
hạt điều, hạt đào lộn hột
cashew nut in Myanmar
သီဟိုဠ်စေ့ sihuilce.

Synonyms of cashew nut

Forms of cashew nut

pluralcashew nuts
alternative form (obsolete)cadju nut
alternative form (obsolete)cajew nut
alternative form (obsolete)cajoo nut

Questions about cashew nut

What does cashew nut mean?
Cashew nut means the seed of the cashew tree, often viewed as a nut in the culinary sense.
What is cashew nut in Hindi?
Cashew nut in Hindi is काजू (kājū). See Cashew nut meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cashew nut?
Cashew nut is a noun.
What is the plural of cashew nut?
The plural of cashew nut is cashew nuts.

Words near cashew nut in the dictionary

  1. cashes up
  2. cashew
  3. cashew apple
  4. cashew apples
  5. cashew milk
  6. cashew nut
  7. cashew nuts
  8. cashew nutshell liquid
  9. cashew-nut
  10. cashew-nuts
  11. cashewlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cashew nut (page history and authors); কাজু বাদাম (Assamese) (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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