Almud

Noun

1. A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).
2. A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed.
3. A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit.
4. Alternative form of almude (“a Portuguese unit of measure”).