a small prunus tree (Prunus persica) with lance-shaped leaves, pink flowers, and round, juicy, orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow fruit having a fuzzy skin and a single, rough pit
its fruit
the orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow color of this fruit
Slang any person or thing that is very good or is well liked
transitive verb
Obsolete to name in an indictment; impeach
intransitive verb
Slang to give evidence against another; turn informer
See peach in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pēch)
noun
a. A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica) widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
b. The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured stone containing a single seed.
A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.
Informal A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
To inform on someone; turn informer: “Middle-level bureaucrats cravenly peach on their bosses [when] one of them does something the tiniest bit illegal”(National Observer).
verb, transitive
To inform against: “He has peached me and all the others, to save his life”(Daniel Defoe).