Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
almond oil Function:
noun 1 a : a colorless or pale yellow bland and nearly odorless nondrying fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds andused as an emollient in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics called also
expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil b : a colorless to yellow essential oil owing its characteristicodor and flavor to benzaldehyde and its toxicity to hydrocyanic acid that is obtained from bitter almonds and is used in medicine as an emollient and after removal of the hydrocyanic acid as aflavoring agent called also
bitter almond oil 2 : any of several essential oils very similar in properties and uses to bitter almond oil and obtained fromamygdalin-containing kernels (as of the peach or apricot) other than almonds called also
bitter almond oil
