The story
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
desert apricot
Today it means: A tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico. Full definition →