Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree.
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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.
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2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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3. 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Broadleaf \Broad"leaf`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which
is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes
called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.
[1913 Webster] Broad-leaved
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
almond tree
n 1: any of several small bushy trees having pink or white
blossoms and usually bearing nuts