Book 2
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Herodian of Alexandria says, that almonds derive the name of ἀμύγδαλαι, because beneath their green bark they have many ἀμυχαὶ, or lacerations.
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Philemon says somewhere or other— You, like an ass, come to the husks of the dessert; and Nicander, in the second book of his Georgics, says—
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Beech-trees, the ornament of Pan.
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We also find the word ἀμύγδαλον in the neuter gender. Diphilus says— Sweetmeats, myrtle-berries, cheese-cakes, almonds, using the neuter ἀμύγδαλα.
