almond

noun

1. (countable)The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
2. (countable)The tree that produces almonds.

   “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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
4. (countable, uncountable)Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
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9. (uncountable)The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
10. (uncountable)The colour of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
11. (uncountable)Flavour or other characteristics of almond.

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

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

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

adj

1. Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.

name

1. A surname.

   “Marc Almond (born 1957), English musician”

2. A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.
3. A village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
4. 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.
5. A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tay.