apricot tree

Noun

Meaning

Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

apricot-tree

Synonyms

apricot peach Japanese plum apricot kernels apricot jam apricot orange apricot preserves

Hypernyms

fruit tree

Hyponyms

mei Japanese apricot Prunus dasycarpa purple apricot black apricot Prunus mume

Examples

When we go up to the shelves in the reading-room of the British Museum, how like it is to wasps flying up and down an apricot tree that is trained against a wall, or cattle coming down to drink at a pool! Samuel Butler (novelist)

Close letter words and terms

apricot preserves apricot sauce apricot schnapps apricot vine apricot-coloured apricotlike