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Definition of Peach state
1. Noun. A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
Geographical relationships: Kennesaw Mountain
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, South, Deep South
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Terms within: Albany, Atlanta, Capital Of Georgia, Athens, Augusta, Macon, Oxford, Savannah, Valdosta, Vidalia, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, Coosa, Coosa River, Flint, Flint River, Okefenokee Swamp, Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa River
Derivative terms: Georgian
Definition of Peach state
1. Proper noun. Georgia (US state) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peach State
Literary usage of Peach state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1907)
"Undoubtedly, the United Statei is the greatest peach growing country in the world,
and Georgia is the greatest peach state in the Union, being closely ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"That peaches can be grown in this state is an established fact, but I do not
think that it will ever become what is called a peach state. ..."
3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1899)
"That peaches can be grown in this state is an established fact, but I do not
think that it will ever become what is called a peach state. ..."
4. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1884)
"Georgia is now rapidly developing into a peach state. While the cultivation is
extending south, Michigan and Nebraska are boasting of equal success. ..."
5. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"... and in Georgia, a prominent peach state, it has a wider range than yellows.
Symptoms. Peach-rosette is recognized by the development of a rosette or ..."
6. A History of Georgia for Use in Schools by Lawton Bryan Evans (1908)
"... fig, pomegranate, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry, and olive are produced
in large quantities. Georgia is the greatest peach state of the Union, ..."
7. A Bird's-eye View of the World: A Popular Scientific Description of the by Onésime Reclus, Malvina Antoinettte Howe, Forrest Morgan, Charles Hopkins Clark (1892)
"Nearly a third of its people are engaged in agriculture ; it is the fellow of
Maryland as a "peach State," and a main reliance for peaches and berries of ..."
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