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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