Russian almond
- noun
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almendra rusa
- The gardener planted a Russian almond to brighten up the corner of the yard.
Examples
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We admired the delicate flowers of the Russian almond during our walk through the botanical garden.
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The Russian almond blooms beautifully in spring.
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Each spring, the Russian almond bursts into brilliant rosy red blossoms.
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Look at the Russian almond!
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Each spring, the Russian almond bursts into brilliant rosy red blossoms.
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The gardener planted a Russian almond to brighten up the corner of the yard.
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We admired the delicate flowers of the Russian almond during our walk through the botanical garden.
Synonyms
A small shrub with rosy red flowers often grown in gardens
A small bush with pink or red flowers that blooms in spring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Russian + almond
The phrase is a simple adjective + noun combination where 'Russian' specifies origin or type of 'almond', so a learner who knows both words will infer it denotes a kind of almond (or almond-like shrub) associated with Russia or that region. Although the dictionary entry for 'almond' is missing here, the compositional pattern (country adjective + noun = variety/type) is cross-linguistically common and makes the basic meaning accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun Russian almond may come from the plant's almond-like seeds and the fact it grows in Russia and nearby lands. Its small bush makes bright, rosy red flowers in spring, so the name now means 'a small bush with rosy red flowers'.
