apricot

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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

She gave me like a date, you know, and like a dried apricot, so I ate that.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

But the King seemed to enjoy some of the less usual beers on offer, including one with an apricot flavour.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

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

Since moving to Berkeley I’ve located a handful of excellent fruit trees—plum, apple, apricot, and fig.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan