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Apricot

Apricot Meaning & Definition
Apricot Definition And Meaning

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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