'Cashew nut' definitions:
Definition of 'cashew nut'
From: WordNet
noun
Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted [syn: cashew, cashew nut]
Definition of 'Cashew nut'
From: GCIDE
- Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[.a]*sh[=oo]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[=a]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.]
- 1. (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. [1913 Webster]
- 2. the cashew nut. [PJC]
- Cashew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut. [1913 Webster]