almond

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Almonds (nuts).

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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.

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Singular
almond

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural almonds

almond (countable and uncountable; plural almonds)

  1. (countable) A type of tree nut.
  2. (countable) A small deciduous tree, Prunus dulcis, that produces almonds.
  3. (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
    almond colour:    
  4. (uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
    almond colour:    

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almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)

Positive
almond

Comparative
more almond

Superlative
most almond

  1. brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut

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