apricot
[ ap-ri-kot, ey-pri- ]
/ ˈæp rɪˌkɒt, ˈeɪ prɪ- /
noun
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
the tree itself.
a pinkish yellow or yellowish pink.
Also called wild apricot. Chiefly South Midland U.S.
the maypop vine and its fruit; passionfruit.
Origin of apricot
1545–55; < Middle French
abricot < Portuguese
albricoque or Spanish
albar(i)coque < Arabic
al the +
barqūq < Medieval Greek < Late Latin
praecocquum, for Latin (
persicum)
praecox literally, early-ripening peach, perhaps referring to the apricot (see
peach1,
precocious); replacing earlier
abrecock < Portuguese or Spanish; later
p for Middle French
b perhaps < Latin
praecox
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British Dictionary definitions for apricot
apricot
/ (ˈeɪprɪˌkɒt) /
noun
a rosaceous tree, Prunus armeniaca, native to Africa and W Asia, but widely cultivated for its edible fruit
the downy yellow juicy edible fruit of this tree, which resembles a small peach
Word Origin for apricot
C16: earlier
apricock, from Portuguese (
albricoque) or Spanish, from Arabic
al-birqūq the apricot, from Late Greek
praikokion, from Latin
praecox early-ripening; see
precocious