Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Akin to the almond: as, amygdalaceous plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
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- adjective botany Akin to, or derived from, the
almond .
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Examples
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I have endeavoured by these comparisons to bring into consideration, under a more general point of view, the milky juices that circulate in vegetables; and the milky emulsions that the fruits of the amygdalaceous plants and palms yield.
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I have endeavoured by these comparisons to bring into consideration, under a more general point of view, the milky juices that circulate in vegetables; and the milky emulsions that the fruits of the amygdalaceous plants and palms yield.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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