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.
Origin of almond oil
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby almond oil
almond,
almond bark,
almond cake,
almond meal,
almond milk,
almond oil,
almond-eyed,
almond-shaped,
almoner,
almoner's cupboard,
almonry