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(historical)Synonym of celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.
1997, Stephanie Wood, “Nahuatl Testaments of Rural Women”, in Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood, Robert Stephen Haskett, editors, Indian Women of Early Mexico, University of Oklahoma Press, page 174:
Both sexes were equally familiar with and preferred the Spanish almud (equal to four quarts of seed), often rendered almo in Nahuatl, over any indigenous measure.