ALMONDS

Noun

almonds

plural of almond

Anagrams

• Lamonds, Oldmans, Salmond, dolmans

Source: Wiktionary

ALMOND

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

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