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apricot

ap·ri·cot

UK/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ US/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɑt/ uncommon dated slang uk

noun

1.

Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

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2.

downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

3.

Origin

Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”). Doublet of precocious.

Phrases

  • apricot tree
  • desert apricot
  • Irish apricot
  • Japanese apricot
  • Manchurian apricot
  • sea apricot

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