Translingual

Proper noun

Amygdalus f

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

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (obsolete genus): Amygdalus communis, Amygdalus dulcis, Amygdalus glandulosa, Amygdalus havardii, Amygdalus nana, Amygdalus persica - obsolete species
• (subgenus): Prunus sect. Amygdalus, Prunus sect. Persica - sections

Latin

Noun

amygdalus f ‎(genitive amygdalī); second declension

1. almond tree

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• amygdalus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amygdalus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.