About The Word Apricot
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Apricot
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What's The Definition Of Apricot?
[n] a shade of pink tinged with yellow
[n] downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach [n] Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach Synonyms | Synonyms for Apricot: apricot tree | peach | salmon pink | yellowish pink Related Terms | Find terms related to Apricot: See Also | black apricot | common apricot | common apricot | edible fruit | fruit tree | genus Prunus | Japanese apricot | mei | pink | Prunus | Prunus armeniaca | Prunus armeniaca | Prunus dasycarpa | Prunus mume | purple apricot Apricot In Webster's Dictionary \A"pri*cot\, n. [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr.
Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirq[=u]q,
al-burq[=u]q. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived
from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word
itself was formed from the Gr. praiko`kia, pl. (Diosc. c.
100) fr. L. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E.
form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See
{Precocious}, {Cook}.] (Bot.)
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape,
and delicious taste; also, the tree ({Prunus Armeniaca} of
Linn[ae]us) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has
been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
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