peach : Idioms & Phrases

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green peach aphid

  • noun yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches
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Guinea, ∨ Sierra Leone, peach

  • the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
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Guinea peach

  • . See under Peach.
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native peach

  • noun red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
    quandong; quantong; quandang.
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negro peach

  • noun a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa
    Sarcocephalus esculentus; Sarcocephalus latifolius.
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Palm peach

  • the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree (Bactris speciosa).
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peach bell

  • noun perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
    willow bell; peach bell; Campanula persicifolia.
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peach bells

  • noun perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
    willow bell; peach bell; Campanula persicifolia.
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peach blight

  • noun a disease of trees bearing drupes
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Peach color

  • the pale red color of the peach blossom.
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peach ice cream

  • noun ice cream flavored with fresh peaches
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peach melba

  • noun ice cream and peaches with a liqueur
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peach orchard

  • noun a grove of peach trees
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peach pit

  • noun the stone seed of a peach
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peach sauce

  • noun for Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney
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peach state

  • noun a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
    Empire State of the South; Georgia; GA.
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peach tree

  • noun cultivated in temperate regions
    Prunus persica; peach.
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peach-colored

  • adjective satellite having the color of a ripe peach
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Peach"-col`ored adjective
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  1. Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.
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peach-leaved willow

  • noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
    peachleaf willow; almond-leaves willow; Salix amygdaloides.
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Peach-tree borer

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Ægeria, ∨ Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Ægeriidæ, 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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peach-wood

  • noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
    Caesalpinia echinata; brazilwood; peachwood; pernambuco wood.
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sea peach

Sea" peach`
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  1. (Zoöl.) A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, ∨ Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.
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wild peach

  • noun large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage
    Kiggelaria africana.
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Wolf's peach

  • (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple (Lycopersicum esculentum).
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