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apricot

Syllabification: (ap·ri·cot)

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Definition of apricot

noun

  • 1a juicy, soft fruit, resembling a small peach, of an orange-yellow color.
  • an orange-yellow color 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' + barḳūḳ (from late Greek praikokion, from Latin praecoquum, variant of praecox 'early ripe'); influenced by Latin apricus 'ripe' and by French abricot

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