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Is a cashew a fruit or a nut?

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Cashew fruit is the fruit and cashew nut is the nut. Plain and simple. Cashew is an integral part of agriculture in my native region of India, so cashews is a major part of the local cuisine. read more

That nut contains a seed, or kernel, which rests inside a shell. After the kernel is extracted from its shell, voila! The result is the cashew as we know it, the one we commonly eat and refer to as a nut. Many may say that the cashew is a fruit because it was attached to one, once existing as a single entity. read more

The cashew apple, also called cashew fruit, is the fleshy part of the cashew fruit attached to the cashew nut. The top end of the cashew apple is attached to the stem that comes off the tree. The bottom end of the cashew apple attaches to the cashew nut, which is encased in a shell. read more

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