Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree ({Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
({Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), v. t. [See Appeach, Impeach.]
To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Peach \Peach\, v. i.
To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
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If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peach
n 1: cultivated in temperate regions [syn: peach tree, Prunus
persica]
2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher,
stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart,
lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
3: downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
4: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: yellowish pink, apricot,
salmon pink]
v : divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let
the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, babble,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]
WordNet (r) 2.0
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "peach":
Miss America, ace, apricot, babble, bathing beauty, be indiscreet,
be unguarded, bear witness against, beau ideal, beaut, beauty,
beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, betray,
betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blow the whistle, blurt,
blurt out, bunny, carrot-colored, carroty, charmer, corker,
cover girl, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dazzler, dilly, dream,
enchantress, fink, give away, great beauty, honey, humdinger,
inform, inform against, inform on, killer-diller, knockout,
lady fair, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, lollapaloosa,
looker, lulu, model, narc, nark, nifty, ocherish, ocherous, ochery,
ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, old gold, orange, orange-hued,
orange-red, orangeish, orangey, paragon, pearl, pinup, pinup girl,
pip, pippin, pumpkin, pussycat, rat, raving beauty, red-orange,
reddish-orange, reddish-yellow, reigning beauty, reveal a secret,
sell out, sex kitten, sing, slick chick, snitch, snitch on, spill,
spill the beans, squeak, squeal, stool, stunner, sweetheart, talk,
tangerine, tattle, tattle on, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales,
testify against, the nuts, turn informer, whiz
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Peach -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 23668
Housing Units (2000): 9093
Land area (2000): 151.058459 sq. miles (391.239596 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.398603 sq. miles (1.032378 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 151.457062 sq. miles (392.271974 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.573982 N, 83.835036 W
Headwords:
Peach
Peach, GA
Peach County
Peach County, GA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
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