also: あぶらもも · ひかりもも · ずばいもも
noun
nectarine
Rare Japanese term for nectarine; the loanword ネクタリン is overwhelmingly more common in modern usage.
See also: ネクタリン
椿桃はネクタリンの古い呼び名だ。
椿桃 is an old name for nectarine.
市場でズバイモモ
You hardly ever see ズバイモモ at the market.
Alternate rare kanji spelling; reading ひかりもも is restricted to this form.
Katakana spelling, often used for botanical or commercial contexts.
Katakana spelling with voiced initial, reflecting a common pronunciation variant.
Standard modern Japanese word for nectarine; 椿桃 is a rare, mostly historical synonym.
The kanji spellings 椿桃, 油桃, and 光桃 are descriptive Japanese coinages for the nectarine, but the exact derivation is uncertain. The readings are native Japanese words, and the term is now largely replaced by the loanword ネクタリン.