Peach vs. Apricot

Peachnoun

A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.

Peachnoun

The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.

Peachnoun

A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.

Peachnoun

(informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.

Peachadjective

Of or pertaining to the color peach.

Peachadjective

Particularly pleasing or agreeable.

Peachverb

To inform on someone; turn informer.

Peachverb

To inform against.

Peachverb

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

Peachverb

To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.

Peachnoun

A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.

Peachnoun

The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit.

Peachnoun

The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.

Peachnoun

cultivated in temperate regions

Peachnoun

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

Peachnoun

downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh

Peachnoun

a shade of pink tinged with yellow

Peachverb

divulge confidential information or secrets;

Peach

The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned varieties), nectarines.

Apricotnoun

A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.

Apricotnoun

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca

Apricotnoun

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

Apricotnoun

A dog with an orange-coloured coat.

Apricotnoun

the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.

Apricotnoun

A testicle.

Apricotadjective

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

Apricotnoun

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Apricotnoun

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

Apricotnoun

downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

Apricotnoun

a shade of pink tinged with yellow

Apricot

An apricot (US: (listen), UK: (listen)) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus (stone fruits). Usually, an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect.