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peach (pēc̸h)

noun

  1. 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
  2. its fruit
  3. the orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow color of this fruit
  4. Slang any person or thing that is very good or is well liked

Etymology: ME peche < OFr pesche < VL persica < pl. of L persicum < Persicum (malum), Persian (apple)

peach2 definition

peach (pēc̸h)

transitive verb

Obsolete to name in an indictment; impeach

Etymology: ME pechen, aphetic for apechen, via Anglo-Fr < OFr empechier, impeach

intransitive verb

Slang to give evidence against another; turn informer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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