pluot

[ ploo-ot ]

noun

1. plumcot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pluot¹

First recorded in 1985–90; plu(m) + (apric)ot

Example Sentences

The ensemble has become as much its own hybrid entity as, say, a pluot.

From Los Angeles Times

This is the time to shop for bare-root fruit trees — peach, nectarine, almond, apple, Pluot, pomegranate, fig, grape and more.

From Los Angeles Times

Pluot trees fruit along the length of their branches.

From Los Angeles Times

“I went to a doctor and was medically diagnosed as ‘smooth as a pluot.’

From Los Angeles Times

In the 1980s, fruit breeder Floyd Zaiger created the pluot, crossbreeding plumcots with plums to boost the plum flavor.

From Washington Post