apricot

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/æepɹɪˈkɒt/ English

Definitions

noun

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.

adjective

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

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Synonyms

apricot tree peach salmon pink yellowish pink aprium plum apricot blossom apple pear stone fruit pluot persian apple august plum persimon apple loquat plumcot

Associated

nectarine laetrile prunus prune kernels quince pomegranate yerevan aromas currant

Rhymes

fraught distraught taut onslaught hot trot knot overwrought thought blot

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