almond
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French almande, from Romanic *amendla (with -l- in French and Spanish, probably by confusion with similar Arabic words), from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdala).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
almond (countable and uncountable; plural almonds)
- (countable) A type of tree nut.
- (countable) A small deciduous tree, Prunus dulcis, that produces almonds.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
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almond colour:
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- (uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
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almond colour:
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Translations [edit]
nut
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tree
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Adjective [edit]
almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)
Translations [edit]
resembling the colour of an almond nut
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