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Almond

n.
  1. The fruit of the almond tree.
  2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
  3. Anything shaped like an almond.
    4. Almond oil ,
    fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.
    Oil of bitter almonds ,
    a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.
    Imitation oil of bitter almonds ,
    nitrobenzene.
    Almond tree (Bot.),
    the tree bearing the almond.
    Almond willow (Bot.),
    a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina).