apricot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: apricot	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apricot n Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach Synonym(s): apricot, apricot tree downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach a shade of pink tinged with yellow Synonym(s): yellowish pink, apricot, peach, salmon pink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apricot \A"pri*cot\, n. [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirq[umac]q, al-burq[umac]q. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. praiko`kia, pl. (Diosc. c. 100) fr. L. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See {Precocious}, {Cook}.] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree ({Prunus Armeniaca} of Linn[91]us) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.