A trademark for: (the fruit of) a complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (which provides a greater proportion of the parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The New York Times. From plu- + -ot.
Definition of pluot in US English:
pluot
nounˈpluːɒt
A trademark for: (the fruit of) a complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (which provides a greater proportion of the parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The New York Times. From plu- + -ot.