apricot
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apricot /ˈeɪprɪkɒt/
▶noun
- 1 an orange-yellow soft fruit, resembling a small peach.
- 2 the tree bearing apricots. [Prunus armeniaca.]
- 3 an orange-yellow colour.
– origin C16: from Port. albricoque or Sp. albaricoque, from Sp. Arab. al ‘the’ + barḳūḳ, via late Gk from L. praecoquum, var. of praecox ‘early-ripe’.
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