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Original entry ↗The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. · The tree that produces almonds. · bitter almond. of variety Prunus amygdalus var. amara, (syn. Prunus dulcis var. amara), that only produces bitter fruits · flowering almond (Prunus japonica), an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē)bor. ▲ Arabic لَوْز (lawz)sl. Latin amygdala Late Latin amandula Old French alemandebor. Middle English almaunde English almond From Middle English almaunde, from Old French alemande (also amande), from Late Latin amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla. Pronunciations with /l/ are likely originally spelling pronunciations; most Early Modern, 18th-century and 19th-century sources give pronunciations without it, although a form with /l/ appears in the 16th-century orthoepist William Bullokar.
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