peach \peach\ p=ech, n. oe. peche, peshe, of. pesche, f.
   p^eche, fr. ll. persia, l. persicum sc. malum a persian
   apple, a peach. cf. persian, and parsee.
   1. bot. a well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
      one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
      in the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
      1913 webster

   2. the tree prunus persica syn. amygdalus persica which
      bears the peach fruit.
      1913 webster

   3. the pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
      pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
      pjc

   guinea peach, or sierra leone peach, the large edible
      berry of the sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
      climbing shrub of west tropical africa.

   palm peach, the fruit of a venezuelan palm tree bactris
      speciosa.

   peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.

   peach-tree borer zool., the larva of a clearwing moth
      aegeria exitiosa, or sannina, exitiosa of the family
      aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
      boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
      moth itself. see illust. under borer.
      1913 webster
see also:
persian parsee prunus persica amygdalus persica guinea peach sierra leone peach 
sarcocephalus esculentus palm peach bactris speciosa peach color peach-tree borer 
aegeria exitiosa sannina, exitiosa aegeriidae borer