APRICOT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

apricot noun (FRUIT)

[ C ]

a small, round, soft fruit with a pale orange, furry skin

 

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Types of fruit

• ackee
• amla
• angelica
• apple
• açaí
• crab apple
• cranberry
• cucumber
• cumquat
• currant
• lychee
• majhool date
• mandarin
• mango
• mangosteen
• rose hip
• saskatoon
• satsuma
• satsuma plum
• serviceberry

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apricot noun (COLOUR)

[ U ]

a pale orange colour