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Definition of Almond tree
1. Noun. Any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts.
Specialized synonyms: Almond, Amygdalus Communis, Prunus Amygdalus, Prunus Dulcis, Sweet Almond, Amygdalus Communis Amara, Bitter Almond, Prunus Dulcis Amara, Dwarf Flowering Almond, Prunus Glandulosa, Flowering Almond, Oriental Bush Cherry, Prunus Japonica, Dwarf Russian Almond, Prunus Tenella, Russian Almond, Flowering Almond, Prunus Triloba
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Definition of Almond tree
1. Noun. The tree that bears the almond. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almond Tree
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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