—n.
1 a a juicy soft fruit, smaller than a peach, of an orange-yellow colour. b the tree, Prunus armeniaca, bearing it.
2 the ripe fruit's orange-yellow colour.
—adj. orange-yellow (apricot dress).
Etymology: Port. albricoque or Sp. albaricoque f. Arab. al the + barkuk f. late Gk praikokion f. L praecoquum var. of praecox early-ripe: apri- after L apricus ripe, -cot by assim. to F abricot
Useful english dictionary. 2012.