Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - apricot

ˈeɪprɪkɔt n. & adj. --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). [Port. albricoque or Sp. albaricoque f. Arab. al the + barkuk f. late Gk praikokion f. L praecoquum var. of praecox early-ripe: apriafter L apricus ripe, -cot by assim. to F abricot]