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单词 almond
释义 al·mond
\ˈämənd, ˈa(l)m-, ˈȧm- also ˈälm- or ˈȧlm- sometimes ˈȯ(l)m-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English almande, from Old French, from Late Latin amandula, alteration of Latin amygdala, from Greek amygdalē
1. : the drupaceous fruit of a small tree (Prunus amygdalus syn. Amygdalus communis); especially : the ellipsoidal slightly compressed nutlike stone or kernel of this tree differing from the peach in having a dry instead of pulpy epicarp so that the nut or kernel is really the stone of the fruit — see almond meal, amygdalin
2. : any tree that bears almonds
3. : the fruit of any one of several trees in shape or flavor somewhat resembling the almond
4. : any plant that bears almonds (sense 3) — usually used with a descriptive attributive
 < Malabar almond >
5. : an almond flavoring
6.
 a. or almond brown : a light grayish yellowish brown that is stronger and slightly redder and darker than gravel — called also doe, pawnee, wood
 b. : a pale to moderate orange yellow
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