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acajou

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu.[1] Doublet of cashew.

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    Noun

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    acajou (countable and uncountable, plural acajous)

    1. The cashew tree. [From the late 16th century.][2]
      • 2020, Betsy Wing, transl., Mahagony[sic], Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, translation of original by Édouard Glissant, →ISBN, page 105:
        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.
    2. A cashew nut. [From the late 16th century.][2]
    3. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
    4. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
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    1. ^ Lindberg, Christine A., ed. The Oxford College Dictionary. 2nd. New York: Spark Publishing, 2007.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

    French

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old Tupi akaîu.

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      acajou m (plural acajous)

      1. cashew tree; also, its fruit
      2. mahogany tree; also, its timber

      Descendants

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      • → English: cashew, acajou

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      Norman

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French acajou.

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      acajou m (plural acajous)

      1. (Jersey) mahogany

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