| bitter almond |
almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes
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| bitter almond oil |
pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal
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| bitter almond |
The almond, Prunus dulcis (formerly classified as Prunus amygdalus, or Amygdalus communis) is a small deciduous tree belonging to the Subfamily Prunoideae of the Family Rosaceae. An almond is also the fruit of this tree. It is classified with the peach in the Subgenus Amygdalus within Prunus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell. ...
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| bitter almond o. |
1. the fixed oil expressed from Prunus dulcis var. amara, the bitter almond; see almond o. (def. 1). 2. the volatile oil distilled from Prunus dulcis var. amara, the bitter almond, or from other kernels containing amygdalin; it is predominantly benzaldehyde, but also contains hydrogen cyanide and so has been replaced by benzaldehyde as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent.
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