(n.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the copia element present at the white-apricot allele of the white locus in Drosophila melanogaster.
(2) Now I’ve found some of my favourite comedy here: the anarchic young sketch groups, Stewart Lee’s Top Gear bit, James Acaster’s bit on apricots and Daniel Sloss’s unapologetically dark atheist stuff spring to mind.
(3) Her brother has the dairy-free apricot and jasmine sorbet.
(4) SF2 has a C-terminal region rich in arginine-serine dipeptides, similar to the RS domains of the U1 snRNP 70K polypeptide and the Drosophila alternative splicing regulators transformer, transformer-2, and suppressor-of-white-apricot.
(5) The activity of wa is reduced in trans by a semidominant mutation in the gene Enhancer-of-white-apricot (E(wa).
(6) The software was devised in the windows environment for the Apricot Xen for maximum speed and intelligibility.
(7) Statistically significant differences (p less than 0.05) were found among the slopes of apricot and that of grape, guava, apple, and orange.
(8) The apricot allele of the white locus results from the insertion of the retrotransposon copia.
(9) There would be really fresh salads and brochettes (kebabs) for lunch, and lavish spreads in the evening, featuring lentil and bean dishes, lamb and apricot tagine, and relishes including a particularly delicious sultana chutney.
(10) All two-way combinations of mutations in these five loci, mottler of white (mw), suppressor of forked (su(f], suppressor of white apricot (su(wa], Enhancer of whiteapricot, (E(wa] and Darkener of apricot (Doa), are additive in their effects on wa, implying that each second-site modifier locus affects a different process.
(11) A simple colorimetric method is described for determining the quantity of hydrogen cyanide produced by the spontaneous decomposition of amygdalin in apricot kernels.
(12) The introduction of the white apricot eye colour mutation (wa) however, had a pronounced and deleterious effect on competitive ability.
(13) Lentil and apricot soup A winter favourite gets a summer makeover.
(14) Click here to buy a copy from the Guardian Bookshop for £17.50 Jose Pizarro’s duck breast with sherry vinegar and olive oil mashed potatoes Facebook Twitter Pinterest Romas Foord for the Observer Serves 4 floury potatoes 900g, peeled garlic 4 whole cloves, peeled bay leaf 1 black peppercorns 10 olive oil 6 tbsp salt and pepper sugar 25g sherry vinegar 4 tbsp palo cortado sherry 6 tbsp dried apricots 50g, finely chopped arrowroot ½ tsp duck breasts 4 x 200g, kept cold in the fridge right up until the time you need to use them For the mash, cut the potatoes into large chunks and place in a large pan with plenty of cold water.
(15) Add the lentils and apricots, then cover with water and bring to the boil.
(16) Three X-ray-induced revertants of white-apricot (wa) no longer respond to mw, indicating that the transposable element must be present for mw to act.
(17) Outside Kramatorsk's aerodrome, meanwhile, at the end of a rustic rutted alley lined with sycamores and apricots, protesters had set up a new camp.
(18) The overall potential for toxin production in the dried fruit was apricot greater than fig greater than pineapple greater than raisin.
(19) The local produce includes peaches, apricots and melons, all now in season, which sold at roadside stalls.
(20) Two alleles that exhibit dosage compensation between males and females (apricot, blood) also exhibit dosage compensation in metafemales.
Kumquat
Definition:
(n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.
Example Sentences:
(1) Former food crops, including six hectares of coffee, are to be uprooted, along with passionfruit and kumquats, whose seeds were discarded by earlier visitors.