Cashew /(kȧ*sho͡o")/

Ca·shew

Cashew

n.
  1. 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. (Bot.)
  2. the cashew nut.

Phrases & Compounds
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.