Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Apricot
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APRICOT, a fruit, that of the prunus armeniaca; also the tree on which it grows. It is wild in Africa and in the Caucasus, and also in China and some other countries. It is esteemed only second to the peach.
Source: Collier's New Encyclopedia 1. (1921) New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company. 213 (text) and after 154 (illustration).