Found 2 items, similar to Apricot.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: apricot
apricot
n 1: Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and
edible fruit resembling the peach [syn:
apricot tree]
2: downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
3: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn:
yellowish pink,
peach,
salmon pink]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Apricot
Apricot
\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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