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

Noun
cashew nut (plural cashew nuts)
- 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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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
| plural | cashew 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
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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