almond vs pip

almond

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

  • A type of tree nut. 

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

pip

noun
  • A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation 

  • A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip. 

  • The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading. 

  • One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman. 

  • Something or someone excellent, of high quality. 

  • One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. 

  • A spot; a speck. 

  • One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call. 

  • Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. 

verb
  • To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin 

  • To hit with a gunshot 

  • To peep, to chirp 

  • To remove the pips from. 

  • To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg 

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