カンラン

noun

Chinese white olive (Canarium album)

Refers specifically to the fruit of Canarium album, a tree native to East Asia. Not the Mediterranean olive.

• カンランは中ちゅう国ごく料りょう理りでよく使つかわれる食しょく材ざいです。

  Chinese white olives are an ingredient often used in Chinese cuisine.

noun

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

• 「カンラン」をオリーブの意い味みで使つかうのは誤あやまりで、正ただしくは「オリーブ」です。

  Using 'kanran' to mean olive is a mistake; the correct word is 'oriibu'.