The Almond is not a fruit, it is a nut, the seed of an Almond tree.
Almond and apple juice
Almond fruit is small, green, and has a soft velvety fuzz on the outside and isn't any good for eating due to the tough fibrous texture.
Badaam is a dry fruit, and is used in every sweet dish for garnishing. In English badaam is called Almond. It a very strong dry fruit and is known to increase memory.
The mango belongs to the biological family Anacardiaceae, but the almond belongs to the biological family Rosaceae.
Yes it is. As a drupe is a plant that has fleshy fruit surrounding a stone that covers a seed. This description exactly fits the almond.
a fruit and a plant mixed together.
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No, but they are in the same genus as the almond (prunus) which are distinguished by the corrugated pit. If you break apart the Nectarine pit there is an inner seed that looks just like an almond only smaller.
Almonds are nuts. Nuts are fruits that are indehiscent(not opening at maturity.)
Almond is obtained from the hard-shelled fruit of the tree.
Most of the nuts are this way. Pistachio, Almond, Walnut, etc. Nobody actually eats the fruit - just the seed. Mistletoe and Soapnut are also inedible.