almond

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The sweet almond, which is almost as famous for its beautiful white flowers as for its nuts, is the one we eat.

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  1. noun A deciduous tree (Prunus dulcis), native to Asia and northern Africa and having alternate, simple leaves, pink flowers, and leathery fruits.
  2. noun The ellipsoidal kernel of this tree, either eaten as a nut or used for extraction of an oil for flavoring.
  3. noun Any of several other plants, such as the Indian almond, especially those with fruits or seeds suggestive of the almond.
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  • He had a head like an almond, and many fine white teeth. —  015 - The Mystery On The Snow
  • Doc Savage in the meantime was busy opening the remainder of the dungeons, getting for his pains several rogues--almond-faced Asiatics all--who had comprised the crews of Sen Gat's planes. —  017 - The Thousand Headed Man
  • The sweet almond, which is almost as famous for its beautiful white flowers as for its nuts, is the one we eat. —  Hungry Magazine
  • The massage oil that is used contains either of these vegetable oils - almond, olive, coconut, or sesame. —  Best Syndication -
  • But so are nut oils such as almond, macadamia and hazelnut. contributes complex yet subtle flavors that can complement a salad. —  Purpleocity.net
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  1. Middle English almande, from Old French, from Late Latin amandula, alteration of Latin amygdala, from Greek amugdalē.

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  1. Early modern English also amand, from Middle English almonde, almunde, almounde, almaunde, almande, etc., from Old French almande, earlier alemande, alemandre, alemandle, also amande, modern F. amande = Provencal amandola = Spanish almendra = Portuguese amendoa = Italian mandorla, mandola (the al- for orig. a-, in English, Old French, and Spanish, being due prob. to confusion with the Arabic art., or perhaps with the word Almain, German) = Dutch amandel = Old High German mandala, Middle High German G. mandel = Danish Swedish mandel = Russian mindalina, diminutive, from Middle Latin amandola, a corruption (through *amingdala) of Latin amygdala, from Greek ἀμυγδάλη, ἀμύγδαλον, an almond: see amygdala.
 

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