/kash"ooh, keuh shooh"/ , n.
1. a tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to tropical America, having milky juice, simple, leathery leaves, and yellowish-pink flowers in open clusters.
2. Also called cashew nut . the small, kidney-shaped, edible nut of this tree.
[1695-1705;
cajú, aph. var. of ACAJ