English Explanatory Dictionary

desert apricot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

desert apricot desert apricots

Etymology

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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