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almon

almon

1 9.9
An old local word for the almond tree or the nut it produces
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : almendro
  • The almon tree thrives in sunny environments and produces delicious nuts.

Examples

  • During the spring, the blossoms of the almon tree attract many bees.

  • She picked a few almon from the orchard for a snack.

  • In 1936, in the preface to their edited volume Our Natural Resources and Their Conservation, Almon Parkins and Whitaker expressed their belief that Marsh had "formulated a general framework of a theory" of conservation in Man and Nature.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

almond
vsalmon
12 1.6

A small tree with pink flowers that produces edible seeds

is an older dialect word used instead of the modern name
nut tree
vsalmon
1 2.1

A tree that grows nuts you can eat

is an older specific word for the particular tree that gives these nuts
sweet almond
vsalmon
1 4.4

A small tree that makes edible nuts with a hard shell and pink flowers

is an older general word for the tree and its nut
almendro
vsalmon
  • US
9.9

A tree that grows almonds and has white or pink spring flowers

is an older dialect term rather than the formal botanical name

Surface Forms

almon singular
almons plural

Etymology

The word almon is an old or regional form of almond, the tree and its 'nut' that we eat. A helpful way to remember it is to think of almon as a shorter, older name for the same almond, which is why you may see almon in old recipes or hear it in local speech.