(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.

plural of amygdala

(obsolete, organic chemistry) mandelic acid

Of or pertaining to almonds.

(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk / (organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.

plural of amygdalate

Shaped like an almond / Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral.

Shaped like an almond / (anatomy) Relating to the amygdala

A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

plural of amygdaloid