flat peach; donut peach; Saturn peach
Refers to the flat variety of peach (Prunus persica var. platycarpa), known for its squat shape. Common in Japanese fruit shops and seasonal fruit talk.
This year the flat peaches are sweet and delicious.
I found some unusual flat peaches at the supermarket.
Rare kanji form; learners will almost always encounter the katakana spelling.
From Chinese 蟠桃 (pántáo), referring to the flat peach of Chinese mythology and cultivation. The Japanese reading ばんとう is the on'yomi of the kanji.