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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The soft, swollen, pear-shaped edible stalk of the fruit of the cashew.

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  • noun An oval to pear-shaped accessory fruit or false fruit that develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower (the true fruit being the cashew nut).

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