almond

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A deciduous tree (Prunus dulcis), native to Asia and northern Africa and having alternate, simple leaves, pink flowers, and leathery fruits.
2. n. The ellipsoidal kernel of this tree, either eaten as a nut or used for extraction of an oil for flavoring.
3. n. Any of several other plants, such as the Indian almond, especially those with fruits or seeds suggestive of the almond.
4. n. Something having the oval form of almond.
5. n. A pale tan.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The stone or kernel of the fruit of Prunus (Amygdalus) communis, the almond-tree (which see). There are two kinds, the sweet and the bitter. Sweet almonds are a favorite nut. They are the source of almond-oil, and an emulsion made from them is used in medicine. The best, from Malaga, are known as Jordan almonds. Bitter almonds are smaller, and yield, besides almond-oil and an azotized substance called emulsin (found also in sweet almonds), a bitter crystalline principle called amygdalin, which when mixed with emulsin is decomposed, producing hydrocyanic acid and bitter-almond oil.
2. n. Anything shaped like an almond; an ornament in the shape of an almond; specifically, a piece of rock-crystal used in adorning branched candlesticks.

Wiktionary

1. n. countable A type of tree nut.
2. n. countable A small deciduous tree, Prunus dulcis, that produces almonds.
3. n. uncountable The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
4. n. uncountable The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
5. adj. Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The fruit of the almond tree.
2. n. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
3. n. (Anat.) Anything shaped like an almond. One of the tonsils.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
2. n. oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree