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Noun: apricot  'ap-ri,kót [N. Amer], 'ey-pri,kót [Brit]
  1. Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
    - apricot tree
     
  2. Downy yellow to rosy-coloured fruit resembling a small peach
     
  3. A shade of pink tinged with yellow
    - yellowish pink, peach, salmon pink

Derived forms: apricots

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree, pink

Part of: common apricot, genus Prunus, Prunus, Prunus armeniaca

Encyclopedia: Apricot