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.
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The initial hybrid called a plumcot was then crossed with another plum - this second generation became the Pluot.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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And when apriums - the babies of the pluots-plumcot family - hit the market, you can tuck them into a pillowy
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