APRICOT

apricot

(noun) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

apricot, apricot tree

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

apricot (plural apricots)

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.

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

A dog with an orange-coloured coat.

(sniper slang) the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.

(slang, Australia, dated, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

Adjective

apricot (comparative more apricot, superlative most apricot)

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

Anagrams

• aprotic, parotic, patrico

Source: Wiktionary

A"pri*cot, n. Etym: [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirq, al-burq. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See Precocious, Cook.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition