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2006-10-10 02:23:48 · 21 answers · asked by cucumis_sativus 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
It's a nut - like a peanut, only it tastes different. To me, it's kind of creamy and buttery tasting. They are grown primarily in the Middle East and India, I believe. They're pretty good - especially when covered with chocolate.
2006-10-10 02:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by gatesfam@swbell.net 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A tropical American tree (Anacardium occidentale), naturalized in all warm countries, and important chiefly for its nut, but yielding also a gum.
Cashew apple: the pear shaped edible receptacle on which the cashew nut is borne.
Cashew nut: the kidney shaped fruit of the cashew borne at the apex of a fleshy receptacle and rendered edible by expelling the caustic oil from the shell by roasting.
2006-10-10 02:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by Rodolfo Max 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a nut that is formed at the end of a semi-sweet yellow colored fruit. When you pick the fruit, you take the nut off of the end. Processing the cashew is a little difficult, because the outer skin has to be burned off--it has toxic oil. I have a very large cashew tree outside my house, and we harvest every season.
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2006-10-10 02:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by magnamamma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Caju (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew "nuts" (see below) and cashew apples.
2006-10-10 02:27:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Caju (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew "nuts". Its seed is outside, that is its difference in other fruits
2006-10-10 02:31:01 · answer #5 · answered by candy m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cashew is a seed not a nut. It's in the sumac family same as poison oak.
2015-03-07 10:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sheri Mayta 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cashew is false fruit. it grows in a tree, native from in the northeast of brazil, and grows in tropical climates. the cashew is called a false fruit because the part that looks like a fruit develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower. the true fruit of the cashew tree is a roughly kidney-shaped or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the pseudofruit. actually, the drupe develops first on the tree, and then the peduncle expands into the pseudofruit. within the true fruit is a single seed, the cashew nut.
the juice is delicious, one of my favorites.
2006-10-10 02:30:09 · answer #7 · answered by colorlessblueideas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cashew is a plant.. it's fruit is cashew nut which is only edible after roasting..
2006-10-10 02:27:27 · answer #8 · answered by MaxwieN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many have given goods answer. Fired salted Cashew is good i love it. the mesocardium of the fruit of cashew used in making fenny a popular alcoholic drink in goa.
2006-10-10 04:16:14 · answer #9 · answered by apurba s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a nut. Check out web site for more info
2006-10-10 02:26:37 · answer #10 · answered by sabbycat76 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋