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Definition of Almond oil
1. Noun. Pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.
Medical Definition of Almond oil
1. A fixed oil expressed from sweet almonds, the kernels of varieties of Prunus amygdalus; used in ointments. Bitter almond oil, a volatile oil from the dried ripe kernels of bitter almonds and from other kernels containing amygdalin; it contains between 2 and 4% of hydrocyanic acid and 95% of benzaldehyde. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almond Oil
Literary usage of Almond oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"almond oil is chiefly used in pharmaceutical practice. ... These two oils are
very similar to almond oil, but have a less pleasant taste ..."
2. A Short Hand-book of Oil Analysis by Augustus Herman Gill (1919)
"almond oil.—Percentage of oil in seeds 45 to 55. Preparation.—almond oil is
obtained from the seeds of two varieties of the almond-tree, the sweet and ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"almond oil is thicker than poppy oil, thinner than olive oil; ... From the
lead-salts of the fatty acids of almond oil, ether takes up about 77 pc of oleate ..."
4. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Older statements that almond oil is adulterated with the following ... The chief
adulterants of almond oil are apricot kernel oil and ]i«ich kernel oil. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"from almonds find a profitable outlet in the manufacture of genuine ' ethereal
bitter almond oil,' by triturating the meal with water. ..."
6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"almond oil.—almond oil is not so commonly used for edible purposes as it is for
... almond oil is obtained from the seed of the bitter almond, ..."
7. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"It should be noted that the refractive indices of almond oil, whether with or
without ... Thus i% of almond oil is present in the product. US Standards. ..."
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