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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Portuguese
Origin: cajú, from Tupi acajú

cashew

 noun
     
Related topics: Food Dish, Plants
ca‧shew [countable]
1HBPDFF a small curved nut
2HBP the tropical American tree that produces the cashew nut
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