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COMMON APRICOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits
Synonyms:
common apricot; Prunus armeniaca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common apricot" is a kind of...):
apricot; apricot tree (Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach)
Meronyms (parts of "common apricot"):
apricot (downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach)
Holonyms ("common apricot" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)