"bitter almond" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bitter almonds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bitter almond (plural bitter almonds)
  1. A tree of the species Prunus amygdalus (order Rosales). Categories (lifeform): Prunus genus plants Translations (Prunus amygdalus tree): πικραμυγδαλιά (pikramygdaliá) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-bitter_almond-en-noun-AX9cNmoD Disambiguation of Prunus genus plants: 55 14 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of 'Prunus amygdalus tree': 71 11 18
  2. The seed of this tree, which is unpalatably bitter and bears many times the cyanide of the sweet almond. Translations (Seed): karvasmanteli (Finnish), Bittermandel [feminine] (German), πικραμύγδαλο (pikramýgdalo) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-bitter_almond-en-noun-sQKzmuyr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of 'Seed': 23 59 18
  3. A tree of the species Brabejum stellatifolium (order Proteales). Categories (lifeform): Proteales order plants Synonyms: ghoeboontjie, wild almond
    Sense id: en-bitter_almond-en-noun-G2ryIRXB Disambiguation of Proteales order plants: 34 11 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 26 36

Inflected forms

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