Armenian Highlands lands, including Cilicia. The apricot was known by the Romans as the "prunus armenicus" (the Armenian plum) and was brought to Europe from the Armenian plateau. Armenian Highlands The Armenian Highlands (; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau,
Plum (color) article and paler than the color of an actual plum. Displayed at right is the color Persian plum from the Xona.com Color List. This is the color traditionally called prune because it is a representation of the average color of prunes. "Prune" is the French word for "plum", but in English the name "prune" is applied to "dried plums". This color is a representation of the color of cooked dried plums (prunes). The first recorded use of "prune" as a color name in English was in 1789. Plum (color) Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that