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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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