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Definition of Almond
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Almond Tree
Specialized synonyms: Jordan Almond
2. Noun. Oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree.
Specialized synonyms: Jordan Almond
Group relationships: Amygdalus Communis, Prunus Amygdalus, Prunus Dulcis, Sweet Almond
Definition of Almond
1. n. The fruit of the almond tree.
Definition of Almond
1. Noun. A type of tree nut. ¹
2. Noun. A small deciduous tree, ''Prunus dulcis'', that produces almonds. ¹
3. Noun. The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. ¹
4. Noun. The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. ¹
5. Adjective. brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almond
1. the edible nut of a small tree [n -S] : ALMONDY [adj]
Medical Definition of Almond
1.
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 bears the fruit; almond tree.
3. Anything shaped like an almond.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almond
Literary usage of Almond
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fruits and Fruit-trees of America: Or, the Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1900)
"THE almond-tree, which is a native of the north of Africa and th» mountains of
Asia, has long been cultivated, and is mentioned in Scripture as one of the ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"On the Specific Identity of the almond and the Peach. By Dr. KABL KOCH. The author
stated that he had travelled over the mountains of the Caucasus, Armenia, ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"The following is given as a receipt "to make almond-butter ;" Blanch your almonds,
and beat them as fine as you can with lair water two or three hours, ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1884)
"I long ago found that the almond would not do as a stock for the apricot. I found
that out long before it came to be such a prominent question as it is ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1858)
"In the yellowish sediment of concentrated bitter almond water, Veling (N. Br.
... Tincture of iodine added in sufficient quantity to bitter almond water or ..."
6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Two principal varieties exist—the sweet and the bitter almond. Both contain
amygdalin, but the latter is much richer in this substance (2 to 3 pc), ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"4, an almond; the al- for a- is probably due to a confusion with the ... The almond
is the fruit of Amygdalus communis, a plant belonging to the tribe ..."
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