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Indian almond

–noun
a Malayan tree, Terminalia catappa, having edible seeds, planted widely in the tropics as a street tree.
Also called tropical almond.


Origin:
1885–90
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Indian almond  
n.  An Asiatic tree (Terminalia catappa) widely cultivated and naturalized in the tropics and having fruit with edible seeds. Also called myrobalan, tropical almond.
tropical almond  
n.  See Indian almond.
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