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Amygdalin is a glycocide -- a compound comprised of a sugar bonded to an inorganic molecule. In the case of amygdalin, the bonded molecule is cyanide.

Typically, it's not a temperature change that releases the bonded cyanide, but an enzyme reaction.

Quite a few plants create amygdalin, presumably as a toxin to inhibit predation.

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