peach tree
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- noun
- /piːtʃ triː/
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duraznero
- The peach tree in my backyard produces the juiciest and sweetest peaches every summer.
- plant peach trees
- peach trees in blossom
- peach trees provide fruit
Fruit trees or Peach trees are very, very prone to drying out.
- Fruit trees or Peach trees are very, very prone to drying out.
Examples
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Grower Betsy Sakada shows ARS entomologist Eric Jang fruit fly damage on her peach trees.
Academic text (2001) -
A few feet ahead of the graves rests the largest peach tree in the forest.
Fiction book (1990) -
I thought it was just a regular peach tree.
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But no matter what you do that seed will grow to be a peach tree.
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I could see my peach trees heavy with fruit.
Fiction book (1994) -
The ray shines down upon one particular peach tree.
Fiction book (1990) -
A covey of eight birds ran out in a line from behind one of the peach trees.
Fiction book (2002) -
Kezure is mesmerized by the peach trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
All at once, apricot and peach trees broke into blossoms, which grew puffy as bees kept touching them.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ah yes, but are there 12 peach trees that burst into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl every springtime and bear rich fruit in the autumn?
Synonyms
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A tree that grows fruit you can eat
A tree grown for its sweet fruit, the peach
A tree that grows sweet fruit like peaches but with smooth skin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces peaches' is directly derivable from combining the nouns 'peach' (the fruit) and 'tree' (a perennial plant). This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Peach tree is a simple name: a peach (a sweet, round fruit) growing on a tree. So, it means 'a tree that produces peaches'.