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apricot

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪprɪkɒt/

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Definition of apricot

noun

  • 1a juicy, soft fruit of an orange-yellow colour resembling a small peach: [as modifier]:apricot jam
  • [mass noun] an orange-yellow colour like the skin of a ripe apricot.
  • 2 (also apricot tree) the tree bearing apricots.
    • Prunus armeniaca, family Rosaceae

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albaricoque, from Spanish Arabic al 'the' + barqūq (via late Greek from Latin praecoquum, variant of praecox 'early-ripe'); influenced by Latin apricus 'ripe' and French abricot

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