desert apricot

noun

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

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Meanings

noundesert apricot (plural desert apricots)

plural desert apricots

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

Origin

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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