Äl'mond, n.

(ā'mund) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. amande, Pr. amandola, Pg. amendoa, Sp. almendra, It. amandola, mandola, amandorla, mandorla, Ger. mandel, D. amandel, L. Lat. amandola, corrupted from Lat. amygdala, Gr. αμυγδαλή.]

1. The fruit of the almond-tree. There are two kinds, the sweet and the bitter, being the product of two species of Amygdalus (A. communis and A. amara), found in the south of Europe. London.
2. (Anat.) One of the tonsils, two glands near the base of the throat. Dunglison.