Malabar almond

noun

Definition of Malabar almond

1 : a tropical Asian evergreen tree (Terminalia catappa) that is widely grown in warm regions for ornament and for the edible kernel of the seed of its drupaceous fruit

— called also country almond, Indian almond

2 : the edible almond-shaped kernel of the seed of the Malabar almond

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