Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name for a class of hybrids between the plum and the apricot, originated by Luther Burbank.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hort.) A cross between the plum and apricot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hybrid fruit ofplum andapricot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
- noun hybrid between plum and apricot
Etymologies
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Examples
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The initial hybrid called a plumcot was then crossed with another plum - this second generation became the Pluot.
Pluot Crumble Haalo 2009
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The initial hybrid called a plumcot was then crossed with another plum - this second generation became the Pluot.
Archive 2009-02-01 Haalo 2009
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Through cross-breeding, hybridization and grafting, he introduced scores of new plant varieties, including: Shasta daisies; the "plumcot," a cross between the apricot and the plum; and spineless cacti.
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Food and Dining Has anyone ever tried a 'plumcot' or a 'peacharine'?
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"The plumcot cross-existed, but he saw potential in the plum's sweetness and the apricot's aromatics and crossed it back with the parent tree many times to bring out those characteristics – sweet but no bitter skin."
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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It cost millions of dollars and decades just to develop their varieties of Pluot, which is known generically as a plumcot.
When Apricot Met Plum... Melanie Grayce West 2011
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"The plumcot cross-existed, but he saw potential in the plum's sweetness and the apricot's aromatics and crossed it back with the parent tree many times to bring out those characteristics – sweet but no bitter skin."
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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"The plumcot cross-existed, but he saw potential in the plum's sweetness and the apricot's aromatics and crossed it back with the parent tree many times to bring out those characteristics – sweet but no bitter skin."
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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In fact, the Shasta daisy is a creation of Luther Burbank, the California plant breeder who was also responsible for the Burbank potato, the plumcot, the Burbank Crimson California poppy, and hundreds of other botanical introductions.
Jane S. Smith: Daisies, Weddings, and Making the Ideal Real 2009
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And when apriums - the babies of the pluots-plumcot family - hit the market, you can tuck them into a pillowy
NPR Topics: News 2010
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