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Sweet almond   /swit ˈɑmənd/   Listen
Sweet almond

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: almond, Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis.



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"Sweet almond" Quotes from Famous Books



... ordinary tennis-ball, to that of a man's head, and is composed of two rinds. The outer is composed of long tough fibres, between red and yellow colour, the second being a hard shell. Within this is a thick firm white substance or kernel, lining the shell, tasting like a sweet almond; and in a central hollow of this kernel there is a considerable quantity of a clear, bright, cool liquor, tasting like sugared water. The natives of the countries in which these trees grow, eat the kernel with their victuals instead of bread; and likewise extract from it, by pressure, a liquor ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr



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