Amygdaline
of, relating to, or resembling an almond.
historical examples
amygdalin, amygdaline, a-mig′da-lin, n. a crystalline principle existing in the kernel of bitter almonds.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
adjective
(anatomy) of or relating to a tonsil
of or resembling almonds
amygdaline a·myg·da·line (ə-mĭg’də-lĭn, -līn’)
adj.
relating to or resembling an almond.
relating to or characteristic of a tonsil or an amygdala.
tonsillar.
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