カラモモ

noun

apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Refers specifically to the apricot tree or its fruit. In everyday Japanese, アプリコット is more common for the fruit, while カラモモ is a traditional or botanical term.

• カラモモはバラ科かの落らく葉よう高こう木ぼくで、春はるに白しろや淡たん紅こう色しょくの花はなを咲さかせる。

  The apricot is a deciduous tree of the rose family that produces white or pale pink blossoms in spring.

noun

Chinese dwarf peach (Prunus persica var. densa)

A specific Chinese variety of peach, also known as 寿星桃. This is a rare botanical term; the fruit is not widely known under this name in modern Japanese.

See also: ジュセイトウ

• カラモモの一いっ種しゅに、中ちゅう国ごく原げん産さんの寿じゅ星せい桃とうと呼よばれる矮わい性せい品ひん種しゅがある。

  One type of カラモモ is a dwarf variety called 寿星桃, which originates from China.