Every cashew grows out of the bottom of a fruit called a cashew apple.

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Every cashew grows out of the bottom of a fruit called a cashew apple.

The cashew kernel develops inside a shell attached to a fleshy structure called a cashew apple. Botanically, the shell-bearing structure is the true fruit, while the apple is an enlarged accessory structure rather than an ordinary apple.

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