apricot
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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
She gave me like a date, you know, and like a dried apricot, so I ate that.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
It also offers a variety of seeds for black, white, purple, Cleveland and hummingbird sages, as well as apricot mallow, showy penstemon, yarrow, California poppies, caterpillar phacelia and more.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
Layer with almond biscotti or ladyfingers, swirl in apricot jam or fresh macerated peaches and finish with a honey drizzle and toasted almonds on top.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025
At first we were surrounded by former orchards of apple, cherry, and apricot trees that had now become wild.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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