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单词 plumcot
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plumcotn.

Brit. /ˈplʌmkɒt/, U.S. /ˈpləmˌkɑt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., apricot n.
Etymology: < plum n. + -cot (in apricot n.).The plumcot was introduced and named by the U.S. horticulturalist Luther Burbank (1849–1926).
Horticulture.
A hybrid between the plum, Prunus domestica, and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca, developed to make it possible to grow an apricot-like fruit at higher latitudes; the fruit of this hybrid.
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1903 Science 13 Feb. 263/1 They..are like no other fruit existing. They are new creations in the fullest sense of the term, like Burbank's plumcots.
1914 L. Burbank Methods & Discoveries v. 284 And it was a fruit of a new order—neither apricot nor plum..it seemed appropriate to christen the new fruit Plumcot.
1944 College Eng. 5 430 He..knows how to splash in a parrot-green adverb or a tomato-red noun, and how to coin an adjective as luscious and voluptuous as a plumcot.
1995 Mother Earth News Feb.–Mar. 96/3 Plumcots..have an apricot's flavor and a plum's firmness.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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