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desert apricot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
de-sert apri-cot
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico.

Etymology

It grows in deserts. Like the apricot, it is in the genus Prunus. Scientific name, after John C. Frémont. See John C. Frémont botanical nomenclature eponyms.

Inflected Forms

desert apricots (plural)

Questions

What does desert apricot mean?
A tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico.
Where does desert apricot come from?
It grows in deserts. Like the apricot, it is in the genus Prunus. Scientific name, after John C. Frémont. See John C. Frémont botanical nomenclature eponyms.

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