Cashew vs Almond - What's the difference?
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A tree, Anacardium occidentale , native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
* 2002 , P. K. Ray, Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits ,
* 2005 , Roger Martin, Tree-Kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea ,
* 2007 , Alice Kurian, K. V. Peter (series editor), Commercial Crops Technology , Volume 8, Horticulture Science Series,
A cashew nut.
* 1996 , Thomas Payne, 17: Nuts'', Laszlo Somogyi, Diane M. Barrett, Y. H. Hui (editors), ''Processing Fruits ,
* 2004 , Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., The Book of Edible Nuts ,
* 2010 , Dick Logue, 500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes ,
(countable) A type of tree nut.
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis , that produces almonds.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
# , an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
# , a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
# , North American shrub in family Rosaceae
# , in family Combretaceae
# , in family Proteaceae
(uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
(uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
* 1828 , David Craigie, Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy
As nouns the difference between cashew and almond
is that cashew is a tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples while almond is a type of tree nut.As an adjective almond is
brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.As a proper noun Almond is
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English
(wikipedia cashew)Noun
(en noun)page 221,
- Soft-wood grafting and veneer grafting are successful in cashew .
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- Also known as the Native Cashew', it is a member of the Anacardiaceae, the same plant family to which the ' Cashew and Mango trees belong.
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- Cashew (Anacardium occidental L.) is an export-oriented crop grown for its nuts, a true drupe.
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- In some countries, cashews continue to be cracked manually although cracking machinery and other shelling mechanisms have been introduced.
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- The bland cashew' is a fitting substitute for higher priced almonds to extend the nut texture. In baking, however, almonds are more suitable for cake decoration than ' cashews .
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- This is a spicy variation of Kung Pao Chicken using cashews rather than the more common peanuts.
Synonyms
* (tree) acajouDerived terms
* cashew apple * cashew nut * (wild cashew) ()Anagrams
*almond
English
(wikipedia almond) (Prunus dulcis)Noun
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- In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
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- The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
