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apricot

[ap-ri-kot, ay-pri-] / ˈæp rɪˌkɒt, ˈeɪ prɪ- /


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And they haven’t given up hope on finding a place for an apricot mallow to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Under good weather conditions, he said, a single apricot tree can yield up to 500 kilograms.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

A superstar in French cuisine, tonka has also made its fair share of cameos on “Bake Off,” notably in an apricot compote and a mascarpone cream paired with a ginger, fig and honey pudding.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

The sun crossed the cold blue sky and then moved down to the southwest, gilding the clouds and tinting the vapor around the mountain every shade of cream and scarlet, of apricot and orange.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Tons of stranded apricots have been spoiled because of the delays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cherries and other stone fruits, including apricots and plums, require a certain number of cold hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

She added: "We're even growing peaches, apricots, and nectarines outside currently, something that would have been unthinkable in previous years due to the risk of late frosts and lack of early pollinators."

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

The stuff on sale looked really good: heaping boxes of bloodred cherries and apples, walnuts and apricots, jugs of cider in a claw-foot tub full of ice.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan


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