peach : Idioms & Phrases
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- green peach aphid
Guinea , ∨Sierra Leone ,peach - Guinea peach
- native peach
- negro peach
- Palm peach
- peach bell
- peach bells
- peach blight
- Peach color
- peach ice cream
- peach melba
- peach orchard
- peach pit
- peach sauce
- peach state
- peach tree
- peach-colored
- peach-leaved willow
- Peach-tree borer
- peach-wood
- sea peach
- wild peach
- Wolf's peach
green peach aphid
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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.
Webster 1913
Guinea peach
- . See under
Peach .
Webster 1913
native peach
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noun red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
quandong; quantong; quandang.
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negro peach
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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 ).
Webster 1913
peach bell
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noun perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
willow bell; peach bell; Campanula persicifolia.
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peach bells
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noun perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
willow bell; peach bell; Campanula persicifolia.
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peach blight
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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
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noun ice cream flavored with fresh peaches
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peach melba
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noun ice cream and peaches with a liqueur
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peach orchard
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noun a grove of peach trees
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peach pit
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noun the stone seed of a peach
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peach sauce
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noun for Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney
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peach state
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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
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noun cultivated in temperate regions
Prunus persica; peach.
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peach-colored
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adjective satellite having the color of a ripe peach
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Peach"-col`ored adjective
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Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.
Webster 1913
peach-leaved willow
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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 familyÆgeriidæ , which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. underBorer .
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peach-wood
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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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(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
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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 ).