How many syllables in apricot?

There are 3 syllables in the word apricot.

How to pronounce apricot:

apricot (noun):: Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach.; the oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor

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