Alm·ond n.
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 that bears the fruit; almond tree.
3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: Anat. 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).
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Broad·leaf n. Bot. A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.
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almond tree
n : any of several small bushy trees having pink or white
blossoms and usually bearing nuts