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peach1 noun (peaches) 1 any of numerous varieties of a small deciduous tree, widely cultivated in warm temperate regions for its edible fruit or for ornament. 2 the large round fruit of this tree, consisting of a hard stone surrounded by sweet juicy yellow flesh and a yellowish-pink velvety skin. 3 the yellowish-pink colour of this fruit. 4 colloq something delightful • a peach of a day. 5 colloq a lovely young woman. adj peach-coloured • a peach blouse.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from French pesche, from Latin persicum malum Persian apple.
peach2 verb (peaches, peached, peaching) (always peach on someone) colloq to betray or inform on them, especially on an accomplice.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c as pesche in obsolete sense 'to accuse or impeach', from obsolete apeche to hinder.
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