Cashew vs. Acajou

Cashewnoun

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

Cashewnoun

A cashew nut.

Cashewnoun

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.

Cashewnoun

the cashew nut.

Cashewnoun

tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

Cashewnoun

kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted

Cashew

The cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple accessory fruit. The tree can grow as high as 14 m (46 ft), but the dwarf cultivars, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), prove more profitable, with earlier maturity and greater yields.

Acajounoun

The cashew tree.

Acajounoun

A cashew nut.

Acajounoun

The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.

Acajounoun

A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany 4C2F27 en

Acajounoun

The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.