Found 2 hits - Term: guinea peach, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
guinea \guin"ea\ gi^n"-e, n.
1. a district on the west coast of africa formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves after which the guinea
fowl, guinea grass, guinea peach, etc., are named.
1913 webster
2. a gold coin of england current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
1913 webster
the guinea, so called from the guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --pinkerton.
1913 webster
guinea corn. bot. see durra.
guinea current geog., a current in the atlantic ocean
setting southwardly into the bay of benin on the coast of
guinea.
guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. obs. --gay.
guinea fowl, guinea hen zool., an african gallinaceous
bird, of the genus numida, allied to the pheasants. the
common domesticated species numida meleagris, has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. the
crested guinea fowl numida cristata is a finer
species.
guinea grains bot., grains of paradise, or amomum. see
amomum.
guinea grass bot., a tall strong forage grass panicum
jumentorum introduced. from africa into the west indies
and southern united states.
guinea-hen flower bot., a liliaceous flower fritillaria
meleagris with petals spotted like the feathers of the
guinea hen.
guinea peach. see under peach.
guinea pepper bot., the pods of the xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order anonaceae, found in tropical west
africa. they are also sold under the name of piper
aethiopicum.
guinea plum bot., the fruit of parinarium excelsum, a
large west african tree of the order chrysobalaneae,
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
guinea worm zool., a long and slender african nematoid
worm filaria medinensis of a white color. it lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
1913 webster
see also:
guinea corn durra guinea current guinea dropper guinea fowl guinea hen
numida numida meleagris numida cristata guinea grains amomum
guinea grass panicum jumentorum guinea-hen flower fritillaria meleagris guinea peach
peach guinea pepper xylopia aromatica anonaceae piper aethiopicum
guinea plum parinarium excelsum chrysobalaneae gray plum rough-skin plum
guinea worm filaria medinensis
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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