apricot vs carrot

apricot

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

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

  • 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. 

  • The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca 

  • A dog with an orange-coloured coat. 

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

carrot

noun
  • A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange). 

  • A redhead; a ginger-haired person 

  • A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae. 

  • Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something. 

  • A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London. 

  • Someone from a rural background. 

verb
  • To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture. 

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