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apricot
[ ap-ri-kot, ey-pri- ]
noun
- the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- the tree itself.
- a pinkish yellow or yellowish pink.
- Also called wild apricot. Chiefly South Midland U.S. the maypop vine and its fruit; passionfruit.
apricot
/ ˈeɪprɪˌkɒt /
noun
- a rosaceous tree, Prunus armeniaca, native to Africa and W Asia, but widely cultivated for its edible fruit
- the downy yellow juicy edible fruit of this tree, which resembles a small peach
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Example Sentences
When cool, remove from tin and brush cake with the apricot jelly.
A pluot is a hybrid of plum and apricot, dominated by plummy characteristics and lighter on the apricot.
The pluot, for instance, is legally different from another apricot-plum hybrid, the “Dinosaur Egg,” sold on the market today.
Pour half of the syrupy liquid over the pandoro and apricot base.
The prune trees took up the glad news and whispered it to the apricot trees, "It is a boy."
"He is now a little man, with a loose skin the colour of a finely-lacquered apricot," replied the woman.
Adelaide washed and wiped each apricot thoroughly, cut it in halves and removed the stone.
Cut bread into thin slices, butter one slice, and spread the other of each pair of slices with the apricot filling.
Soak and stew dried apricots and force these through a sieve to make apricot purée.
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