Amygdalus

See also: amygdalus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin amygdalus (“almond tree”).

Proper noun

Amygdalus f

1. Almonds and close relatives.
   1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae.
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Rosaceae – Prunus subg. Amygdalus.
   3. A taxonomic section within the subgenus Prunus subg. Amygdalus – Prunus sect. Amygdalus.

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Amygdaleae - tribe; Prunus - genus
• (section): Prunus - genus; Prunus subg. Amygdalus

Hyponyms

• (obsolete genus): Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis (syns. of Prunus amygdalus), Amygdalus glandulosa, Amygdalus havardii (syn. of Prunus havardii), Amygdalus nana (syn. of Prunus tenella), Amygdalus persica (syn. of Prunus persica) - obsolete species
• (subgenus): Prunus sect. Amygdalus, Prunus sect. Persica - sections
• (section): Prunus amygdalus (almond), Prunus arabica, Prunus argentea, Prunus brahuica, Prunus bucharica, Prunus carduchorum, Prunus cercocarpifolia, Prunus delipavlovii, Prunus eburnea, Prunus elaeagrifolia, Prunus eremophila, Prunus erioclada, Prunus fenzliana, Prunus ferganensis (syn. of Prunus persica subsp. ferganensis), Prunus haussknechtii, Prunus kansuensis, Prunus korshinskyi, Prunus kotschyi, Prunus kuramica, Prunus lycioides, Prunus minutiflora (Texas almond), Prunus mongolica, Prunus persicoides, Prunus scoparia (mountain almond), Prunus spinosissima, Prunus trichamygdalus, Prunus turcomanica, Prunus webbii - species

References

• Prunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus subg. Amygdalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prunus sect. Amygdalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prunus subg. Amygdalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons