Apricot vs. Nectarine — What's the Difference?

An apricot (US: (listen), UK: (listen)) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus (stone fruits). Usually, an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect.

A peach of a variety with smooth red and yellow skin and rich, firm flesh.

A deciduous tree (Prunus armeniaca) native to Asia, having alternate leaves and clusters of usually white flowers.

A variety of peach tree having small aromatic fruit with smooth reddish skin.

The edible orange-yellow fruit of this tree.

The soft juicy fruit of this tree.

A moderate, light, or strong orange to strong orange-yellow.

A cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.

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.

(obsolete) A nectar-like liquid medicine.

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca

Nectarous; like nectar.

(color) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

Nectareous.

A dog with an orange-coloured coat.

A smooth-skinned variety of peach.

The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.

Variety or mutation of the peach bearing smooth-skinned fruit with usually yellow flesh

A testicle.

Smooth-skinned variety or mutation of the peach

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

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

A shade of pink tinged with yellow