The Collaborative International Dictionary
Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[u^]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
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The fruit of the almond tree.
Note: 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.
The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) 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.
WordNet
n. pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds [syn: expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil]
Usage examples of "almond oil".
It does not keep well, and several methods are tried for preserving it, such as covering it with a layer of almond oil, mixing with alcohol and filtering, or adding sulphur dioxide, but none appear to be very satisfactory.
He counted a variety of scents, from tie smells men carried in and took away with them back to their own lives, the smells of their work-horse, clay, grain dust, the lanolin soldiers used in the care of leather uniforms, and the oil they used for sharpening their weapons, to a redolent wisp of almond oil, and the stale dirt and wet wood of the building.
Haugh's apothecary shop hadn't changed at all, through English occupa-tion, Scottish Rising, and the Stuart's fall, and my heart rose in delight as I stepped through the door into the rich, familiar smells of hartshorn, pepperinint, almond oil, and anise.
These three took the maid and on the morning of her wedding day they washed her clean from head to foot, and bound her feet freshly with new white cloths under her new stockings, and Lotus rubbed into her flesh some fragrant almond oil of her own.
The almond oil is part of the paste that summons him, the other ingredients being olive oil, dust from dose by a coffin, and the brain of a dunghill cock.
The almond oil is part of the paste that summons him, the other ingredients being olive oil, dust from close by a coffin, and the brain of a dunghill cock.
Shea butter, almond oil, the scent of her was an intoxicating blend with something else she emitted….
There are those who will add apricot and almond oil and even, the heavens defend us, sedra.