aprium

Noun

1. A plum-apricot cross, with characteristics of both fruits.
   • A three-quarter apricot is an aprium, which is very apricotlike in tree type and fruit. Plumcots are extremely flavorful fruits that tend to bear poorly for the first few years. - 2007, The home orchard: growing your...
   • For an excellent plain Aprium jam, you may omit the almonds. - 2010, Rachel Saunders, Sara Remington, The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook, page 140:
   • When the puppet is finished, we wander through the farmer's market and stop at the local foods booth, where our friend Aaron lets us sample farm-direct apriums. Amy spots a bevy of belly dancers and says she wants to...

   Synonyms: plumcot pluot