almond tree
Orchard stone-fruit source
An almond tree is a small deciduous tree native to the Middle East and South Asia, cultivated widely for its edible nuts.
The tree produces fragrant pink or white blossoms in early spring before its leaves appear, making it ornamental as well as agricultural: The almond trees were already blooming in February.
- nutHard-shelled seed
- drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit
- kernelSeed or essential core
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
- fertility symbolObject representing reproductive power
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