BITTER ALMOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter almond mean? 

• BITTER ALMOND (noun)
  The noun BITTER ALMOND has 1 sense:

1. almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes

  Familiarity information: BITTER ALMOND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTER ALMOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amygdalus communis amara; bitter almond; Prunus dulcis amara

Hypernyms ("bitter almond" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)

 Context examples 

Bitter almond oil is used as a flavoring and sweetener.

(Bitter Almond Oil, NCI Thesaurus)