ALMOND


Meaning of ALMOND in English

ˈämənd, ˈa(l)m-, ˈȧm- also ˈälm- or ˈȧlm- sometimes ˈȯ(l)m- noun

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English almande, from Old French, from Late Latin amandula, alteration of Latin amygdala, from Greek amygdalē

1. : the drupaceous fruit of a small tree ( Prunus amygdalus syn. Amygdalus communis ) ; especially : the ellipsoidal slightly compressed nutlike stone or kernel of this tree differing from the peach in having a dry instead of pulpy epicarp so that the nut or kernel is really the stone of the fruit — see almond meal , amygdalin

2. : any tree that bears almonds

3. : the fruit of any one of several trees in shape or flavor somewhat resembling the almond

4. : any plant that bears almonds (sense 3) — usually used with a descriptive attributive

Malabar almond

5. : an almond flavoring

6.

a. or almond brown : a light grayish yellowish brown that is stronger and slightly redder and darker than gravel — called also doe, pawnee, wood

b. : a pale to moderate orange yellow

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