apricot
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• noun
A juicy, soft fruit of an Asian tree, typically having light yellowish-orange skin and a single central pit or stone.
"She sliced a fresh apricot and added it to her morning bowl of oatmeal."
A light yellowish-orange color resembling the skin of the fruit.
"The living room walls were painted a warm apricot that glowed beautifully in the late afternoon sun."
The deciduous tree of the rose family (Prunus armeniaca) that bears the apricot fruit, native to continental Asia.
"They planted an apricot in the backyard orchard to ensure a harvest of stone fruits next summer."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Arabic 'al-birqūq', via Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately derived from the Latin 'praecoquum', meaning 'early-ripening' (because apricots bloom and ripen earlier than peaches).
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