apricot vs damson

apricot

noun
  • 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 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. 

  • The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca 

  • A dog with an orange-coloured coat. 

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

damson

noun
  • The edible fruit of this tree. 

  • A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia. 

adj
  • The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple. 

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