apricot

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.

pickled apricots

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

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

A dog with an orange-coloured coat.

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

Seven hundred and seventy-eight yards, though I didn't know the exact measurement at the time, plus the fact that the bullet ripped through the victim's apricot tipped me to the fact that we were probably dealing with an experienced sniper.

I'd aim right for the apricot. The medulla. You'd die instantly.

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