Noun: cashew ka-shoo or ku'shoo
- Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
"She added roasted cashew nuts to the stir-fry for extra flavour";
- cashew nut
- Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
"The cashew trees produced a bountiful harvest of nuts and cashew apples"; "The Anacardium occidentale trees produced a bountiful harvest of nuts and cashew apples";
- cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale
Sounds like: cachou
Derived forms: cashews
Type of: edible nut, nut, nut tree
Part of: Anacardium, genus Anacardium
Encyclopedia: Cashew