[ap-ri-kot, ey-pri-] 
| 1. | the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca. |
| 2. | the tree itself. |
| 3. | a pinkish yellow or yellowish pink. |
| 4. | Also called wild apricot. Chiefly South Midland U.S. the maypop vine and its fruit; passionfruit. |
| a·pri·cot (āp'rĭ-kŏt', ā'prĭ-) n.
[Alteration of earlier abrecock, ultimately from Arabic al-barqūq, the plum : al-, the + barqūq, plum (from Greek praikokion, apricot, from Latin praecoquus, ripe early : prae-, pre- + coquere, to cook, ripen; see pekw- in Indo-European roots).] |
