Definition of Almond tree

1. Noun. Any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts.


Definition of Almond tree

1. Noun. The tree that bears the almond. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Almond Tree

almners
almokalant
almond
almond-eyed
almond-leaves willow
almond-shaped
almond cookie
almond crescent
almond extract
almond furnace
almond furnaces
almond milk
almond moth
almond nucleus
almond oil
almond tree
almond trees
almond willow
almondine
almondines
almondlike
almonds
almondy
almoner
almoners
almonership
almonerships
almonries
almonry
almorexant

Literary usage of Almond tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"The word $A(i£tV, therefore, or the tree which hastened to put forth its blossoms, was a very beautiful and fitting synonym for the lía, or almond-tree, ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1884)
"It was a fine large vigorous tree, having the general appearance of a fine almond tree; the leaf, in the main, more like that of an almond than a peach, ..."

3. Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative by J H L. HUNT (1883)
"A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND-TREE. In this instance, which is the one he adduces in proof of his remark on the picturesque, the reader must agree with ..."

4. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"... MY LITTLE almond tree My little almond tree Is gay with gleaming bloom, My heart unwillingly Puts ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"... The almond tree, eminent both as a fruit-tree, and for ornamenting the ... The fruit, in general, of the almond tree is valued only for the kernel ..."

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