acajou
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- Scrabble points
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- Words With Friends
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- 6
/ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/
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/ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/ · /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/ (US) · /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/ (US) · /a.kaˈʒu/ (US)
Definition of acajou
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The cashew tree.
“The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The cashew tree.
“The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.”
- (countable, uncountable)A cashew nut.
- (countable, uncountable)The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
- (countable, uncountable)A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of cashew.
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