/ piːtʃ; NAmE / noun , adjective
■ noun
1.
[ C ] a round fruit with soft red and yellow skin, yellow flesh and a large rough seed inside :
a peach tree
—compare nectarine
2.
[ sing. ] peach (of a ... ) ( old-fashioned , informal ) a particularly good or attractive person or thing
3.
[ U ] a pinkish-orange colour
■ adjective
pinkish-orange in colour
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Old French pesche , from medieval Latin persica , from Latin persicum (malum) , literally Persian apple.