pich

[ pich ]

/ pɪtʃ /

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noun

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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Origin of pich

First recorded in 1790–95; from Latin American Spanish

Pitch, pich, n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
The top of the head looked so wild, and so penetrated with pich that it resembled the rind of an old oak tree.
Extinct Monsters|H. N. Hutchinson