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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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