Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Peach \Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che,
fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a
peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.)
A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two
seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree
which bears it ({Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild
stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
{Guinea}, 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} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth
({[AE]geria, or Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family
{[AE]geriid[ae]}, which is very destructive to peach trees
by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.
Source : WordNet®
Sierra Leone
n : a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1961 [syn: {Republic of Sierra Leone}]