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apricot
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[ˈeɪprɪkɒt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a juicy, soft fruit of an orange-yellow colour resembling a small peach
(e.g: apricot jam)
- the tree bearing apricots
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Origin
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mid 16th century: from Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albaricoque, from Spanish Arabic al ‘the’ + barqūq (via late Greek from Latin praecoquum, variant of praecox ‘early-ripe’); influenced by Latin apricus ‘ripe’ and French abricot
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