Apricot
WordNet
noun
(1) A shade of pink tinged with yellow
(2) Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
(3) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Spanish albaricoque, ultimately from , from , probably from praecoquum, variant of praecox literally ‘early-ripe’.
Noun
- A round sweet and juicy stone fruit of the species Prunus armeniaca, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
- A tree of the same species.
- A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
Adjective
apricot (: more apricot, : most apricot)
- of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.