peach

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cultivated in temperate regions
  2. noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  3. noun downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh

Etymology

From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.

In classic literature

Synonyms

peach tree, Prunus persica

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