pich

American  

[pich] / pɪtʃ /

noun

1. a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white or pink night-blooming flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of pich

First recorded in 1790–95; from Latin American Spanish

Example Sentences

But a post on Prime Minister Hun Manet's Facebook page late Wednesday said first lady Pich Chanmony had paid "tribute to the soldiers who died in the battle to defend the territory from the invading Thai enemy".

From Barron's

"This is a great sorrow for the nation and the families," the post said, adding that Pich Chanmony attended funeral services in Takeo province on Wednesday.

From Barron's

Hun Manet is married to Pich Chanmony, the daughter of a prominent Cambodian politician and has three children.

From Reuters

Yet many of the patients in the quarantine center at Koh Pich had been vaccinated and were asymptomatic.

From New York Times

Phal Lot, a frail, 62-year-old Khmer Rouge survivor who lives with her children, arrived at the Koh Pich quarantine center with an old clunky phone, to call her family, and the clothes on her back.

From New York Times