peach

English

/piːt͡ʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • A tree (), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
  • The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
  • A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.
  • (informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English peche derived from Old French pesche derived from Latin *pessica, persica, mālum derived from Ancient Greek μῆλον, μᾶλον περσικόν (Persian apple).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μῆλον, μᾶλον περσικόν

Gloss

Persian apple

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