Definition of "peach-blossom" [peach-blossom]

• The flower of the peach. See peach A collectors’ name of a moth, Thyatira batis. (noun)
• A canary-yellow color; also, a pink color more yellowish than rose-pink. (noun)
• Pertaining to or resembling the blossom of a peach-tree.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A few frogs sang in the sun, and birds sang in the trees; but no sign of a peach-blossom yet, and not even the magnolias and Pyrus Japonica have started."
• "It was a warmish day, and there was a sort of peach-blossom colour on her cheeks that looked as delicate as if a breath of air would blow it away."
• "Old Mr. Donnithorne, the delicately clean, finely scented, withered old man, led out Miss Irwine, with his air of punctilious, acid politeness; Mr. Gawaine brought Miss Lydia, looking neutral and stiff in an elegant peach-blossom silk; and Mr. Irwine came last with his pale sister Anne."