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plumcot

UK/ˈplʌm.kɒt//ˈplʌm.kɑt/

plumcot noun: a hybrid fruit of a plum and a apricot.

plumcot: A blue bowl filled with lots of ripe apricots
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Noun

plumcot (plural plumcots)

  1. A hybrid fruit of a plum and a apricot.
    • These fruits are in season now, along with the plumcot, 50 percent plum and 50 percent apricot, which has been sold on a limited basis until now.2007 July 11, Florence Fabricant, “Food Stuff”, in New York Times
    • He also sent us specimens of what he calls the "plumcot" — a cross between the plum and the apricot.1898, Report/Maryland State Horticultural Society
    Synonyms:
    aprium, pluot

Synonyms of plumcot

Forms of plumcot

pluralplumcots

Origin of plumcot

Blend of plum + apricot.

Questions about plumcot

What does plumcot mean?
Plumcot means a hybrid fruit of a plum and a apricot.
What part of speech is plumcot?
Plumcot is a noun.
How do you pronounce plumcot?
Plumcot is pronounced /ˈplʌm.kɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of plumcot?
The plural of plumcot is plumcots.

Words near plumcot in the dictionary

  1. plumcakes
  2. plumcolored
  3. plumcoloured
  4. plumcoloured starling
  5. plumcoloured starlings
  6. plumcot
  7. plumcots
  8. plumdamas
  9. plumdamases
  10. plume
  11. plume alum

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