Almond

Quick meaning: Almond is a noun meaning (countable) The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.

Meaning

(countable) The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.

More Meanings

1. (countable) The tree that produces almonds.
2. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
3. (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
4. (uncountable) The colour of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
5. (uncountable) Flavour or other characteristics of almond.
6. Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
7. Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.

Example Sentences

I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.

The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.

In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.

Word Forms

• almonds

Related Words

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