peach

peach · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh, fuzzy pinkish-yellow skin, and a large pit.

  2. 2.

    A pinkish-yellow color resembling that of a peach.

  3. 3.

    (informal) An exceptionally good or attractive person or thing.

Forms

plural: peaches

Related words

See also: apricot, fruit, nectarine
Synonyms: nectarine

Etymology

From Latin persicum (malum) (Persian apple), via Old French pesche.