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apricot
(ap′ri kät′, ā′pri-)
noun
- a small, yellowish-orange fruit that is closely related to the peach and plum
- any of various prunus trees bearing this fruit
- 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
- 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.
- 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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