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   Almond , n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. ἀμυγδάλη: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
   The fruit of the almond tree.
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   ☞ 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.
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   The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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   Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One of the tonsils.
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   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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