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Definition of: apricot
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(ā′pri·kot, ap′ri·kot) noun
1. A fruit (genus Prunus) of the rose family, intermediate between the peach and the plum.
2. The tree bearing this fruit.
3. A reddish–yellow color. [Earlier apricock (prob. directly <Pg.), abricot <F abricot <Pg. albricoque or Sp. albaricoque <Arabic al-barqūq <Med. Gk. praikokion <L praecoquus early ripe < prae- before + coquere cook]
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