Almond
Almond (a"mund) , noun
[Old English almande, almaunde, alemaunde, French amande, Latin amygdala, from Greek 'amygda`lh: compare Sp. almendra. Compare Amygdalate.]
1.
The fruit of the almond tree.
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 that bears the fruit; almond tree.
3.
(Anatomy) Anything shaped like an almond.
(Anatomy) One of the tonsils.
Collocations (5)
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 (Botany) , the tree bearing the almond.
Almond willow (Botany) , a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). — Shenstone