apricot vs sloe

apricot

noun
  • The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • A dog with an orange-coloured coat. 

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

sloe

noun
  • The tree Prunus spinosa. 

  • The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). 

  • Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit. 

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