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APRICOT TREE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

Synonyms:

apricot; apricot tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("apricot tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apricot tree"):

Japanese apricot; mei; Prunus mume (Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits)

common apricot; Prunus armeniaca (temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits)

black apricot; Prunus dasycarpa; purple apricot (small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit)

Holonyms ("apricot tree" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

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