cashew
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- noun
- /ˈkæʃu/
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árbol de anacardo
- Put cashews in a bowl and cover with cold water.
- cashew tree
- cashew nut
- cashew butter
Examples
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In a small bowl, combine cashews and water.
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Snack: some cashew nuts or a fruit.
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You can use cashew cream for most recipes that call for regular cream.
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First prepare the cashews for the cashew cream.
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During the 1970s, Mozambique was the largest exporter of cashews to the United States and the world.
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Cashews are soaked for about an hour, then blended into a soft milk.
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This is the vegan kale cashew basil pesto.
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I just roasted some cashews for a healthy snack.
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The chef added cashews to the stir-fry for added crunch and flavor.
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You can use cashews to make delicious vegan cheese.
Synonyms
A tree in warm countries that keeps its leaves all year and makes curved nuts you eat after roasting
A tropical evergreen tree that produces cashew nuts
Compounds
A tree in warm countries that keeps its leaves all year and makes curved nuts you eat after roasting
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Etymology
The word cashew comes from the Portuguese word caju, which itself comes from a Brazilian indigenous word acajú that named the odd fruit with a nut hanging under it. Because the nut grows under a small apple-like fruit, the same name came to mean the tree that makes those nuts.