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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apricot \A"pri*cot\, n. [OE. apricock abricot F. abricot fr
Sp albaricoque or Pg albricoque fr Ar albirq[=u]q,
al-burq[=u]q. 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 praiko`kia, pl (Diosc. c.
100) fr L. praecoquus praecox, early ripe. The older E.
form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg See
{Precocious}, {Cook}.] (Bot.)
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape,
and delicious taste; also the tree ({Prunus Armeniaca} of
Linn[ae]us) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has
been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apricot
n 1: Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and
edible peachlike fruit [syn: {apricot tree}]
2: downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
3: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: {yellowish pink}, {peach},
{salmon pink}]
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