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peach (1)

peach [ peech ] (plural peach·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. large fruit with stone: a sweet round juicy fruit with yellow flesh, a single stone, and a soft downy orange-yellow skin

2. tree with edible fruit: a tree that bears peaches, widely grown in temperate regions. Flowers: pink. Native to: China.  Latin name Prunus persica.

3. somebody or something excellent: somebody or something that is particularly good or pleasing ( informal )
That was a peach of a throw!

4. orange-yellow color: a creamy yellowish orange color

[13th century. Via Old French pe(s)che< medieval Latin persica< Latin persicum< malum Persicum "Persian apple"]

peach adjective
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