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The cashew nut grows attached to a fruit, and the part we eat is the seed.

Why it is true

The cashew is a fruit that develops at the tip of a fleshy stalk called a pseudofruit. The nut, which is the seed, grows attached to the bottom of the pseudofruit. The pseudofruit is edible and widely used in juices in Brazil.

Source: Smithsonian

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