Almond vs Avocado - What's the difference?
almond | avocado |
(countable) A type of tree nut.
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis , that produces almonds.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
# , an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
# , a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
# , North American shrub in family Rosaceae
# , in family Combretaceae
# , in family Proteaceae
(uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
(uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
* 1828 , David Craigie, Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
The avocado tree, , of the laurel family.
A dull yellowish-green colour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
As nouns the difference between almond and avocado
is that almond is a type of tree nut while avocado is the large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.As adjectives the difference between almond and avocado
is that almond is brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut while avocado is of a dull yellowish-green colour.As a proper noun Almond
is {{surname|lang=en}.almond
English
(wikipedia almond) (Prunus dulcis)Noun
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- In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
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- The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
