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■ noun
1》 a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy yellow skin flushed with red.
2》 the Chinese tree which bears ~es. [ Prunus persica .]
3》 a pinkish-orange colour like that of a ~.
4》 informal an exceptionally good or attractive person or thing.
Phrases
~es and cream (of a person's complexion) of a cream colour with downy pink cheeks.
Origin
ME: from OFr. pesche , from med. L. persica , from L. persicum (malum) , lit. 'Persian apple'.
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~ 2
■ verb ( ~ on ) informal inform on.
Origin
ME: shortening of archaic ap~ , from OFr. empechier (see im~ ).