Chinese white olive (Canarium album)
Refers specifically to the fruit of Canarium album, a tree native to East Asia. Not the Mediterranean olive.
Chinese white olives are an ingredient often used in Chinese cuisine.
olive (Olea europaea) [incorrect translation]
Sometimes mistakenly used to refer to the Mediterranean olive (オリーブ). This usage is considered an error; オリーブ is the correct term.
See also: オリーブ
Using 'kanran' to mean olive is a mistake; the correct word is 'oriibu'.
Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 橄欖 is rare and mainly botanical.
Rare kanji spelling; mainly encountered in botanical contexts or older texts.
From Chinese 橄欖 (gǎnlǎn). The kanji are used for the Chinese white olive; the word is not native Japanese.