"peach fuzz" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} peach fuzz (uncountable)
  1. (literally) The fibrous material covering the skin of a peach fruit, e.g. as opposed to the fuzzless skin of a nectarine. Tags: literally, uncountable
    Sense id: en-peach_fuzz-en-noun-0Q9xk6GR Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
  2. (figuratively) Lightly or sparsely grown hair, especially facial hair. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany, Physiology Translations (sparse hair): koper [masculine] (Polish), fjun [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-peach_fuzz-en-noun-6cj1LSkS Disambiguation of Botany: 9 91 Disambiguation of Physiology: 5 95 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'sparse hair': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fiber on a peach's exterior): 桃の毛 (momo no ke) (alt: モモのけ) (Japanese), fjun [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of "fiber on a peach's exterior": 50 50

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