pich

American

[pich] / pɪtʃ /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of pich

First recorded in 1790–95; from Latin American Spanish

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Pitch, pich, n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.—v.t. to smear with pitch.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

He'd got to that pich that he didn't mind injaries—they were all fair play to him—he gave 'em, and reseav'd them, without a thought of mallis.

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray

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