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PURPLE APRICOT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit
Synonyms:
black apricot; Prunus dasycarpa; purple apricot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("purple apricot" is a kind of...):
apricot; apricot tree (Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach)
Holonyms ("purple apricot" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)