Noun

(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: 374760, page 11:

Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke

* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:

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773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god ' Almande mylk.

(countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis , that produces almonds.

* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 3:

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.

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.

(color panel)

(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 next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.

Noun

(en noun)

Coconut palm.

* {{quote-book, 1992, Frances Temple, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti, page=52 citation

, passage=I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.}}

Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

* {{quote-book, 1813, John Adams, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, , editor=John Pinkerton, chapter=A Voyage to South America, page=355 citation

, passage=The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed;

* {{quote-book, 2007, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Frommer's Caribbean 2008, page=468 citation

, passage=You might opt for a heaping tower composed of fried oysters, coco -flavored shrimp, fried octopus, and calamari. }}