apricot

(apri kät′, āpri-)

noun

  1. a small, yellowish-orange fruit that is closely related to the peach and plum
  2. any of various prunus trees bearing this fruit
  3. a yellowish-orange color

Origin: Fr abricot < Port albricoque < Ar al-birqūq < LGr praikokion < L praecoquum, early matured (fruit) < prae-, beforehand + coquere, ripen, cook

See apricot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A deciduous Asian tree (Prunus armeniaca) having alternate leaves and clusters of usually white flowers.
    b. The edible yellow-orange fruit of this tree.
  2. A moderate, light, or strong orange to strong orange yellow.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of earlier abrecock

Origin: , ultimately from Arabic al-barqūq, the plum

Origin: : al-, the

Origin: + barqūq, plum (from Greek praikokion, apricot, from Latin praecoquus, ripe early : prae-, pre- + coquere, to cook, ripen; see pekw- in Indo-European roots)

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