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peach1

Syllabification: (peach)
Pronunciation: /pēCH/
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Definition of peach

noun

  • 1a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow skin.
  • a pinkish-yellow color like that of a peach.
  • informal an exceptionally good or attractive person or thing:what a peach of a shot!
  • 2 (also peach tree) the Chinese tree that bears the peach.
    • Prunus persica, family Rosaceae: many cultivars, including the nectarine

Phrases

peaches and cream

  • 1(of a person’s complexion) of a cream color with downy pink cheeks.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French pesche, from medieval Latin persica, from Latin persicum (malum), literally 'Persian apple'

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