1. Downy yellow to rosy-coloured fruit resembling a small peach
   "The ripe apricots were perfect for making jam"
    
2. Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
   "The apricot tree's delicate blossoms heralded the arrival of spring";
   - apricot tree
    
3. A shade of pink tinged with yellow
   "The walls were painted a soft apricot";
   - yellowish pink, peach, salmon pink

Derived forms: apricots

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree, pink

Part of: common apricot, genus Prunus, Prunus, Prunus armeniaca

Encyclopedia: Apricot