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Definition apricot

Etymology

Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (�sunny place�)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abercoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic ???????????‎ (al-barq?q, �plums�), from Byzantine Greek ?????????? (berikokk�?, �apricot tree�), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (praik�kion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally �(peaches) which ripen early�), (m?lum) praecoquum (literally �(apple) which ripens early�).

Noun

apricot (plural apricots)

1. 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.
2. The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
3. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
4. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
5. (sniper slang) the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
6. (slang, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Adjective

apricot (comparative more apricot, superlative most apricot)

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

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