different between peanut vs cashew

English

Etymology

From pea +? nut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: p?'n?t", IPA^(key): /?pi??n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pin?t/, /?pi?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
2. (US) A very small clam.
3. See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Hypernyms

• earthnut, groundnut

Synonyms

• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• beer nut

Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Further reading

• Arachis hypogaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• peanut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• peanut at USDA Plants database
• peanut on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• ante up, ante-up, untape

Danish

Etymology

From English peanut.

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

1. peanut

Inflection

Synonyms

• jordnød

Further reading

• “peanut” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

Shortening of French acajou, from Portuguese acaju, from Tupian acajuba or aka'iu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ?u?/, /?kæ?ju?/, /k???u?/
• Homophone: cachou

Noun

cashew (plural cashews)

1. A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

   Synonym: acajou
2. A cashew nut.

Derived terms

• cashew apple
• cashew nut
• wild cashew (Anacardium excelsum or Anacardium giganteum)
• cashew tree
• cashew bird

Translations

Further reading

• cashew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chewas