ALMOND

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The fruit of the almond tree.

2.
n.

The tree bears the fruit; almond tree.

3.
n.

Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.)

4.
n.

One of the tonsils. Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds. -- Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. -- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. -- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.


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