kiwi fruit

See also: kiwifruit and kiwi-fruit

English
kiwi fruit

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Etymology

Brand name used by exporters for one of several varieties of Chinese gooseberry selectively bred in New Zealand; named after the native bird known as the kiwi.

Noun

kiwi fruit (plural kiwi fruit)

  1. A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.

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See also
  • kiwi fruit gold
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