[ˈeɪprɪkɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a juicy, soft fruit of an orange-yellow colour resembling a small peach
(e.g: apricot jam)

- the tree bearing apricots


Phrases:

Origin:
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