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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

apricock

abricot

, F.

abricot

, fr. Sp.

albaricoque

or Pg.

albricoque

, fr. Ar.

albirqūq

al-burqūq

. Though the E. and F. form

abricot

is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr.

πραικόκια

, pl. (Diosc. c. 100) fr. L.

praecoquus

praecox

, early ripe. The older E. form

apricock

was prob. taken direct from Pg. See

(Bot.)

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (

Prunus Armeniaca

of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Noun.

A fruit belonging to the genus Prunus, of the plum kind, of an oval figure, and delicious taste.