almond
杏仁,杏树,杏,杏子
Definitions
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- : the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis or P. dulcis amara, which grow in warm temperate regions.
- : the tree itself.
- : a delicate, pale tan.
- : anything shaped like an almond, especially an ornament.
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- : of the color, taste, or shape of an almond.
- : made or flavored with almonds: almond cookies.
Examples
I keep it simple with an almond butter and jam sandwich, usually on Trader Joe’s Super Grain and Seed bread.
Central California’s temperate climate provides ideal conditions for the interdependent activities of raising bees and growing almonds.
Rice pudding strays from the nursery recipe with accents of quince and almond, and poundcake draped in a creamy lemon sauce goes architectural with poppy-seeded meringue tiles.
Serve garnished with the remaining parsley, almonds, and sesame seeds.
Monday for lunch, maybe a salad of warmed quinoa, tossed with some of the roasted vegetables, slivered almonds, slices of hard-boiled egg, and that dressing you made.
This being a manifesto, there are a few moments when Almond sounds like a self-righteous crank.
Steve Almond is the author of the new book Against Football.
Order addictive roasted almond tea or Valrhona hot chocolate.
Surrounding those chocolate-almond eyes was the creamiest skin in the world.
Our parents both had almond eyes, almost Asian-looking, and yet our ancestry was Irish and German.
It has been obtained for chemical examination, principally from peas and beans, and from the almond and oats.
Between Orgon and St. Canat we travelled in a road occasionally bordered by almond trees.
The three almond pastes contained from 30 to 40 per cent., one showing an addition of 11 per cent.
"An Almond for a parrot" seems to have been a proverb for the greatest temptation that could be put before a man.
The almond-tree is about the size of the peach-tree, which it much resembles in appearance.