APRICOT


Meaning of APRICOT in English

n. & adj.

--n.

1. a a juicy soft fruit, smaller than a peach, of an orange-yellow colour. b the tree, Prunus armeniaca, bearing it.

2 the ripe fruit's orange-yellow colour.

--adj. orange-yellow (apricot dress).

Etymology: Port. albricoque or Sp. albaricoque f. Arab. al the + barkuk f. late Gk praikokion f. L praecoquum var. of praecox early-ripe: apri- after L apricus ripe, -cot by assim. to F abricot

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.