almond oil

noun Chemistry.

Also called sweet almond oil, expressed almond oil. a colorless to pale yellow fatty oil expressed from the seeds of the sweet almond, used in preparing perfumes and confections.

Also called bitter almond oil. a colorless to yellow, poisonous oil obtained by steam distillation from the almond meal of bitter almond seeds: used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, medicines, and perfumes.

Nearby words

almond, almond bark, almond cake, almond meal, almond milk, almond oil, almond-eyed, almond-shaped, almoner, almoner's cupboard, almonry

Origin of almond oil

First recorded in 1835–45