noun
1. hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
• Syn: ↑plumcot tree
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Prunus, ↑genus Prunus
2. hybrid between plum and apricot
• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit
• Part Holonyms: ↑plumcot tree
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\\ˈpləmˌkät, -_kət\ noun (-s) : a hybrid between the plum and the apricot
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/plum"kot/, n.
1. a hybrid tree produced by crossing the apricot and the plum.
2. the fruit of this tree.
[PLUM1 + (APRI)COT]
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plumˈcot noun
A hybrid between plum and apricot, developed by US horticulturalist Luther Burbank (1849–1926)
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Main Entry: ↑plum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.