peach

peach
1. noun /piːʧ/
a) A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica), widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
b) The soft juicy fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
2. adjective /piːʧ/
a) (colour) Of the color peach.
b) Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
Syn: sing, squeal, tattle

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