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Sarcocephalus diderrichii
(gcide) | opepe \opepe\ n.
A large African forest tree (Nauclea diderrichii) yielding
a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed
in genus Sarcocephalus, and then called {Sarcocephalus
diderrichii}.
Syn: Nauclea diderrichii, Sarcocephalus diderrichii.
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Sarcocephalus esculentus
(gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), 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.]
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.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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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.
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genus sarcocephalus
(wn) | genus Sarcocephalus
n 1: genus of tropical African trees and shrubs [syn:
Sarcocephalus, genus Sarcocephalus] |
sarcocephalus diderrichii
(wn) | Sarcocephalus diderrichii
n 1: large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to
golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus
Sarcocephalus [syn: opepe, Nauclea diderrichii,
Sarcocephalus diderrichii] |
sarcocephalus esculentus
(wn) | Sarcocephalus esculentus
n 1: a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with
round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa [syn: negro peach,
Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus] |
sarcocephalus latifolius
(wn) | Sarcocephalus latifolius
n 1: a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with
round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa [syn: negro peach,
Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus] |
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