flat peach

English

flat peaches

Noun

flat peach (plural flat peaches)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• belly-up peach
• Chinese peach
• custard peach
• donut peach
• doughnut peach
• hat peach
• Jupiter peach
• pan tao peach
• paraguayo peach
• pita peach
• Saturn peach
• saucer peach
• sweetcap peach
• UFO peach

Translations

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