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 Alm·ond n.
 1. The fruit of the almond tree.
 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.
 2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
 3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: Anat. One of the tonsils.
 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).
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 Amygdalus communis
      n : 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 [syn: almond, sweet almond,
          Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus]