apricot

Definition of apricot in English English dictionary: A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside; A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit
apricot colour:.; of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot; The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca; {n} a fine kind of stone fruit; Khumani Dry Fruit; downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach; a shade of pink tinged with yellow; pinkish-orange; A relative of the peach, this fruit has been grown in China since 2,000 B C 90% of the American crop comes from California Select plump, relatively firm fruit with a uniform color; Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach; a small orange-yellow fruit that is round with a stone inside; Fruit bearing tree of the species Prunus armeniaca; A stone fruit; A pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot; {i} type of fruit tree; fruit from this tree;orange yellowish color; the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill; downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach; A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit; Apricot is used to describe things that are yellowish-orange in colour. The bridesmaids wore apricot and white organza. Fruit of the tree Prunus armeniaca, in the rose family, cultivated generally throughout the temperate regions of the world and used fresh, cooked in pastries, or preserved by canning or drying. Apricot trees are large and spreading, with heart-shaped, dark green leaves. Flowers are white. The fruit is nearly smooth and generally similar to the peach in shape but with little to no hairiness when ripe. Apricots are a good source of vitamin A and are high in natural sugars. Dried apricots are an excellent source of iron; By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone; An apricot is a small, soft, round fruit with yellowish-orange flesh and a stone inside. 12 oz apricots, halved and stoned. apricot tart
apricot blossom: The flower of an apricot tree that will eventually turn into an apricot
Everyone, professor or cadre, would smile at us as if we were the apricot blossom and spring themselves.
apricot bar: fruit bar containing apricot jam
apricot jam: sweet jelly made from apricot fruit
apricot sauce: for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney
apricot tree: {i} Asian tree bearing apricots
apricot.: abricock
apricots: plural of apricot
common apricot: temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits
dried apricot: apricots preserved by drying
japanese apricot: Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits
purple apricot: small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit

apricot

Hyphenation

ap·ri·cot

Turkish pronunciation

eyprıkät

Pronunciation

/ˈāprəˌkät/ /ˈeɪprəˌkɑːt/

Etymology

() Alteration of abrecock, under the influence of French abricot, from Catalan abrecoc, ultimately from Arabic (البرقوق) al-barqūq 'plums', from Byzantine Greek berikokkia, from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον praikókion, from Late Latin (malum) praecoquum, from earlier Latin (persicum) praecox, literally 'over-ripe peach'.

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