杏 on its own means apricot. For almond, use 杏仁 (xìngrén). 杏 also appears in 银杏 (yínxìng, ginkgo).
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杏林 (xìnglín, apricot grove) is a classical metaphor for the medical profession, from a legend about the physician Dong Feng who asked patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying him.
