| almond | (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, Syn. Prunus dulcis, Amygdalus communis, sweet almond, Prunus amygdalus |
| almond | (n) oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree |
| almond cookie | (n) very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped, Syn. almond crescent |
| almond extract | (n) flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol |
| almond-eyed | (adj) having almond-shaped eyes |
| almond moth | (n) a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin, Syn. Cadra cautella, fig moth |
| almond oil | (n) pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds, Syn. expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil |
| almond-scented | (adj) smelling of almond |
| almond-shaped | (adj) shaped like an almond, Syn. amygdaloid, amygdaliform, amygdaloidal |
| almond tree | (n) any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts |
| Almond | n. [ OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. ☞ The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Almond furnace | [ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, |
| Almondine | n. See Almandine [ 1913 Webster ] |
| almond-shaped | adj. having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends. |
| Almoner | n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See Alms. ] |
| Almonership | n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Almonry | n.; |