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Almond

//ˈɑː.mənd// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "Marc Almond (born 1957), English musician"

  2. 2
    A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.
  3. 3
    A river in North Lanarkshire council area, West Lothian council area and Edinburgh council area, Scotland, which empties into the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh.
  4. 4
    A village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. 5
    A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay.
Noun
  1. 1
    The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. countable
  2. 2
    oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree wordnet
  3. 3
    The tree that produces almonds. countable

    "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."

  4. 4
    small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California wordnet
  5. 5
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; bitter almond. of variety Prunus amygdalus var. amara, (syn. Prunus dulcis var. amara), that only produces bitter fruits countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:; Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. uncountable
  7. 12
    The colour of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. uncountable
  8. 13
    Flavour or other characteristics of almond. uncountable

    "I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it."

  9. 14
    Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil. countable, uncountable

    "The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.

Etymology 2

From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.

Etymology 3

* From the Middle English given name Almund, from the coalescence of Old English Æthelmund (literally “noble protector”) and Ealhmund (literally “temple protector”). * Variant of Allman (from Old French aleman (“German”) or alemayne (“from Germany”)) and Allmand (from Old French alemaund (“German”)), assimilated after almond by folk etymology.

Etymology 4

According to John Reynolds, a historian of the town in New York, it was named for a place in Scotland, not the almond, which would most likely not have been available there then, hence the pronunciation is different. A native of it, James F. Moore, was the first postmaster of the village in Wisconsin.

Etymology 5

Altered after almond from earlier Ammon, from Scottish Gaelic Àmain, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Doublet of Avon.

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