Cashew

n.	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.
	2.	the cashew nut. 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.

Noun	1.	cashew - tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted Synonyms: Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree
	2.	cashew - kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted Synonyms: cashew nut

Anacardium, Anacardium occidentale, cashew nut, cashew tree, genus Anacardium, nut tree