Amygdalus

noun

Amyg·​da·​lus

in some especially former classifications

: a small genus of Asian trees and shrubs including those plants of the genus Prunus (as the peach and almond) that have numerous stamens, an often velvety exocarp, and a deeply grooved stone

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin, almond tree, from Greek amygdalos

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above

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