cashew

noun

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

   noun.plant

   Synonyms anacardium occidentale cashew tree

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted

   noun.food

   Synonyms cashew nut

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. A tree (<i>Anacardium occidentale</i>) 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913