/ ˈeɪprɪkɒt; NAmE ˈæprɪkɑːt/ noun
1.
[ C ] a round fruit with yellow or orange skin and a large seed inside :
dried apricots
2.
[ U ] a yellowish-orange colour
► apri·cot adjective :
The room was painted apricot and white.
••
WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: 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 .