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 Ni·tro·ben·zene n.  Chem. A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane.  It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline.  Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.
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 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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