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| peach [ peech ] (plural peach·es) |
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1. large fruit with stone: a sweet round juicy fruit with yellow flesh, a single stone, and a soft downy orange-yellow skin
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2. tree with edible fruit: a tree that bears peaches, widely grown in temperate regions. Flowers: pink. Native to: China. Latin name Prunus persica.
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3. somebody or something excellent: somebody or something that is particularly good or pleasing
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informal
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  That was a peach of a throw!
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4. orange-yellow color: a creamy yellowish orange color
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| [13th century. Via Old French pe(s)che< medieval Latin persica< Latin persicum< malum Persicum "Persian apple"] |
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| peach adjective |
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