flat peach

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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.

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