| NOUN | plant | apricot tree, apricot | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach |
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| Meaning | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach. | |
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| Synonym | apricot | |
| Member of | Prunus, genus Prunus | A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions |
| Narrower | Japanese apricot, mei, Prunus mume | Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits |
| common apricot, Prunus armeniaca | temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits | |
| purple apricot, black apricot, Prunus dasycarpa | small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit | |
| Broader | fruit tree | Tree bearing edible fruit |
| Spanish | albaricoque, albaricoquero, prunus armeniaca | |
| Catalan | albercoquer | |
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