flat peach

English

flat peaches

flat peach (plural flat peaches)

A subspecies or variety of peach Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa, with white flesh and a flattish, round shape.
- 1855, Charles McIntosh, The Book of the Garden, volume 2, William Blackwood and Sons, page 508:
  Flat peach of China—Cultivated more for the singularity of its form than for anything else. It is, however, well adapted for forcing in pots.

Prunus persica var. platycarpa

Catalan: préssec pla (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟠桃 (zh) (pántáo), 扁桃 (zh) (biǎntáo)
Estonian: lamevirsik
Finnish: litteä persikka
French: pêche plate (fr) f
Galician: pexego chato m, paraguaio (gl) m
German: Plattpfirsich m, Flachpfirsich m, Weinbergpfirsich (de) m (informal, retail)
Italian: pesca tabacchiera f
Persian: هلو انجیری (holu anjiri)
Polish: brzoskwinia płaska f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: paraguayo (es) m
Swedish: paraguayo (sv) c, saturnuspersika (sv) c, platt persika, plattpersika, munkpersika c

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