Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: cashew  ka-shoo or ku'shoo
  1. Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
    - cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale
     
  2. Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
    - cashew nut

Sounds like: cachou

Derived forms: cashews

Type of: edible nut, nut, nut tree

Part of: Anacardium, genus Anacardium

Encyclopedia: Cashew

Nearest

cash register
cash reserve ratio
cash surrender value
cashable
cash-and-carry
cashback
cashbook
cashbox
cashcard
cashed
cashew
cashew nut
cashew tree
cashier
cashier's check
cashier's cheque
cashless
cashmere
Cashmere
Cashmere goat
cashpoint