almond tree
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- noun
- /ˈɑlmənd tri/
:
almendro
- We produce grapevines, almond trees, pistachio trees, walnuts, avocados and a few other minor crops.
- grove of almond trees
Examples
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The almond tree in our garden blooms beautifully every spring, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.
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So in February or March, beginning of March, our almond trees are in flowering.
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Soon, on the almond tree in the courtyard of the house across the street, there would be blossoms.
Fiction book (1993) -
Most of the blossoming almond trees have now been cut down, but this is how my neighborhood looked every February when they would blossom.
Blog text (2) -
I miss the beautiful smell of the almond trees each February and the winter snowfall of blossoms in everyone's front yards.
Blog text (2) -
The almond tree itself produces a fruit called a drupe, with a pit similar to a peach or nectarine.
Blog text (28) -
The fruit trees were bare and lifeless, but the almond trees in the hills were in blossom, and Adina jokingly suggested that someone had covered their branches with popcorn.
Fiction book (1990) -
Farmers in the valley have been cultivating almond trees for generations, known for their delicious nuts.
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During the spring festival, the almond trees were adorned with pink blossoms, attracting many visitors.
Synonyms
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1.0
A tree that grows fruit you can eat
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1.6
A small tree with pink flowers that produces edible seeds
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A tree that grows nuts you can eat
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4.4
A small tree that makes edible nuts with a hard shell and pink flowers
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9.7
A type of almond with poisonous nuts used to make oil for flavor or medicine
A small tree that loses its leaves and has pink flowers and edible almonds
A small tree with pink spring flowers that makes almonds you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces almonds' is directly derivable from combining 'almond' (the nut/tree) and 'tree' (a perennial plant), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the compound's meaning. This simple noun–noun compounding is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English composition patterns, making it transparent at a B1 level.
Etymology
Almond tree comes from the simple image of a tree that grows almonds. Picture a small tree with pink or white flowers that turn into the 'edible nuts' we eat, so it means 'a small tree grown for its almonds'.