Almond vs Panforte - What's the difference?
almond | panforte |
(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
A dense flat cake made with honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied fruit, cocoa and spices; a speciality of Siena.
As nouns the difference between almond and panforte
is that almond is a type of tree nut while panforte is a dense flat cake made with honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied fruit, cocoa and spices; a speciality of Siena.As an adjective almond
is brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.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.