almond
(noun) oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
almond, sweet almond, Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis
(noun) small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
Source: WordNet® 3.1
almond (countable and uncountable, plural almonds)
(countable) A type of tree nut.
(countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis, that produces predominantly sweet almonds.
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts
Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits
Synonym: bitter almond
Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae
Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae
Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae
Synonym: bitter almond
(uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
(uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)
Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
• Dolman, Lamond, Maldon, Oldman, dolman, old man, old-man
Almond
A surname.
A river in Scotland, which empties into the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh.
• Dolman, Lamond, Maldon, Oldman, dolman, old man, old-man
Source: Wiktionary
Alm"ond, n. Etym: [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree.
Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick- shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia.
2. The tree bears the fruit; almond tree.
3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.)
Definition: One of the tonsils. Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.
– Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.
– Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.
– Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
– Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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