peaches

peach-es · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Round, soft fruits with yellow-pink fuzzy skin, sweet juicy flesh, and a large stone inside.

  2. 2.

    (Informal) Exceptionally good or attractive people or things.

  3. 3.

    The yellowish-pink color characteristic of a peach's flesh.

Related words

See also: fruit, nectarine, peach
Synonyms: stone_fruit

Etymology

From Latin persica meaning "Persian fruit," referring to the fruit's origin in Persia (modern Iran).