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Cashews may seem like just another nut, but their journey from tree to snack is surprisingly unusual. Unlike most nuts, they ...

The trees are a member of the same family as poison ivy, and like poison ivy, cashew plants contain a toxin called urushiol. It's found in the plant itself and the brown oil inside a nut's shell.

Nuts vary widely in how they look, grow and taste, from the big meaty Brazil nuts that grow in a cluster inside a large outer shell, the cashew that is a single nut outside a big fleshy fruit ...