plumcot

English

Etymology

Blend of plum +‎ apricot

Noun

plumcot (plural plumcots)

1. A hybrid fruit of plum and apricot.
   • 2007 July 11, Florence Fabricant, “Food Stuff”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1898, Report/Maryland State Horticultural Society:

     He also sent us specimens of what he calls the "plumcot" — a cross between the plum and the apricot.

Synonyms

• pluot, aprium

Translations

pluot — see pluot