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CASHEW NUT

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 446 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUT , the See also:fruit of the cashew, cadju or acajou See also:tree; Anacardium occidentale (nat. ord. Anacardiaceae), a native of the See also:West See also:Indian Islands. The fruit is See also:kidney-shaped, about an See also:inch in length, and the See also:kernel is enclosed in two coverings, the See also:outer of which is smooth, See also:grey and leathery. Inside this See also:external rind is a dark-coloured layer, containing an excessively acrid juice. The kernels have a bland, oily, pleasant See also:taste. They are much eaten, both raw and roasted, in the tropical regions in which the tree is cultivated, and they yield a See also:light-coloured, sweet-tasted oil, said to be equal to See also:olive oil for culinary purposes. The fruit-stalk, immediately under the fruit, is swollen and fleshy, and assumes a See also:pear-like shape. This swollen portion of the stalk has a pleasant See also:acid taste, and is eaten under See also:CASHIBO-CASIMIR of the See also:Army See also:Act, 1881, s. 16, for " behaving in a scandalous manner unbecoming an officer and a See also:gentleman." " Cashiering " involves not merely the loss of the See also:commission, but also a permanent disqualification from serving the See also:state in any capacity.

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