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Meanings of acajou in English

A small evergreen tree (Anacardium occidentale) grown for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

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Examples for "cashew"
Examples for "cashew"
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Some experts suspect drugs proceeds are being laundered in the cashew sector.
Reuters
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Most work on cotton or cashew plantations or as servants in houses.
Reuters
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Nuts Nuts like almonds and cashew nuts provide us with healthy fats.
The South African
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A slump in cashew prices has combined with political uncertainty to stymie growth.
Reuters
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The well-known cashew-nut grows like an excrescence from the end of the apple.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
Usage of acajou in English
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It is a fine medicine, and the sap of the tree produces a product like gum arabic, and is known in commerce as acajou.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
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Tullow Oil has said it has found oil in the Acajou prospect in the Ivory Coast, confirming the hydrocarbon potential of the area.
The Irish Times
Acajou through the time