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peach1

Pronunciation: /piːtʃ/
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Definition of peach

noun

  • 1a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow skin.
  • [mass noun] a pinkish-yellow colour like that of a peach: the sky began to change from grey to peach [as modifier]:a peach satin nightdress
  • 2 (also peach tree) the Chinese tree which bears peaches.
    • Prunus persica, family Rosaceae: many cultivars, including the nectarine
  • 3 [in singular] informal an exceptionally good or attractive person or thing:it was another peach of a day

Phrases

peaches and cream

(of a person’s complexion) of a cream colour 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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