almond vs fruit

almond

noun
  • Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits 

  • A type of tree nut. 

  • Flavor or other characteristics of almond. 

  • The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. 

  • Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. 

  • Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil. 

  • Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae 

  • Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. 

  • Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae 

  • Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

adj
  • Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut. 

fruit

noun
  • Specifically, a sweet and/or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. 

  • The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. 

  • The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs. 

  • In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. 

  • An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result. 

  • Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit. 

  • A crazy person. 

  • A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically 

verb
  • To produce fruit, seeds, or spores. 

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