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a peach that decided the pit was the whole point.
means The edible seed of the almond tree, eaten raw or roasted and ground into flour, milk, and marzipan.
from From Old French 'almande,' from Latin 'amandula,' a reshaping of 'amygdala' (still the word for the brain's almond-shaped region), which came from Greek 'amygdalē.' The deeper root is murky and likely borrowed from a Semitic or pre-Greek source. That stray 'l' is a bit of a mystery — possibly added by association with Arabic 'al-' words, though the nut traveled into European languages by many hands.
- fruit kin
- Botanically related to peaches and cherries
- wild peril
- Wild almonds contain cyanide; only sweet ones are edible
- thirsty crop
- One almond needs about a gallon of water
- ancient haul
- Found in King Tut's tomb as provisions
- bee army
- Most US honeybees pollinate California almonds yearly
california — produces 80% of world's almonds, central valley
marcona almond — sweet variety from spain, buttery flavor, protected denomination
prunus dulcis — scientific name, domesticated in levant 5,000 years ago