cashew

English

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Etymology

French acajou, from Portuguese acajú, from Tupian acajuba or aka'iu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæʃuː/

Noun

cashew (plural cashews)

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

Derived terms

• cashew apple
• cashew nut

Synonyms

• (tree): acajou

Translations

tree

• Afrikaans: cachou (af)
• Albanian: shqeme (sq)
• Azeri: kašu (az)
• Bulgarian: кашу (bg) (kašu) n
• Catalan: anacard (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腰果樹 (cmn), 腰果树 (cmn) (yāoguǒshù)

• Czech: kešu oříšek (cs) m
• Dutch: cashew (nl), cachou (nl)
• Finnish: munuaispuu (fi)
• French: cajou (fr) m, anacardier (fr) m
• German: Kaschu (de)
• Hungarian: kesudió (hu)
• Italian: anacardio (it) m
• Japanese: カシュー (ja) (kashū)

• Korean: 캐슈 (ko) (kaesyi)
• Latin: cassuvium (la) m
• Polish: nerkowca (pl)
• Portuguese: caju (pt) m
• Romanian: acaju (ro)
• Russian: кешью (ru) (kešjú) n
• Slovak: kešu (sk)
• Slovene: índijski (sl) m
• Spanish: anacardo (es) m
• Swahili: mkorosho (sw)
• Tagalog: keshew (tl)
• Thai: มะม่วงหิมพานต์ (má-mûang-hĭmpaan)
• Vietnamese: cây điều, cây đào lộn hột
• Welsh: cashiw (cy)

cashew nut — see cashew nut

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