Apricot
['eɪprɪkɒt] or [ˈeprɪˌkɑt]
Definition
(noun.) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach.
(noun.) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach.
Edited by Alison--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
Inputed by Joanna
Definition
n. a fruit of the plum kind roundish pubescent orange-coloured of a rich aromatic flavour—older form A′pricock.
Edited by Griffith
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dreams of seeing apricots growing, denote that the future, though seemingly rosy hued, holds masked bitterness and sorrow for you. To eat them signifies the near approach of calamitous influences. If others eat them, your surroundings will be unpleasant and disagreeable to your fancies. A friend says: ``Apricots denote that you have been wasting time over trifles or small things of no value.''
Edited by Elise
Examples
- There was pastry upon a dish; he selected an apricot puff and a damson tart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is an insipid fruit at the best; but a good apricot is eatable, which none from my garden are. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You were imposed on, ma'am, replied Dr. Grant: these potatoes have as much the flavour of a Moor Park apricot as the fruit from that tree. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The market people crowd the marketplace with their baskets of figs, dates, melons, apricots, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We got plenty of fresh oranges, lemons, figs, apricots, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I could dawdle about in the nursery and count the apricots on the wall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Emmy's maid heard him howling again during the night and brought him some preserved apricots to console him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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