单词 | apricot |
释义 | apricot /ap"ri kot', ay"pri-/, n. 1. the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca. 2. the tree itself. 3. a pinkish yellow or yellowish pink. 4. Also called wild apricot. Chiefly South Midland U.S. the maypop vine and its fruit; passionfruit. [1545-55; < MF abricot < Pg albricoque or Sp albar(i)coque < Ar al the + barquq < MGk < LL praecocquum, for L (persicum) praecox lit., early-ripening peach, perh. referring to the apricot (see PEACH1, PRECOCIOUS); r. earlier abrecock < Pg or Sp; later p for MF b perh. < L praecox] |
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