kiwi fruit
kiwi fruit
English
Noun
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Definition
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.
Etymology
Trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand; named after the endemic New Zealand bird, the kiwi, because the fruit's fuzzy brown skin resembles the plumage of the bird. From Māori kiwi (“kiwi bird”).
Example Sentences
- "LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Unusual! Exotic! KIWI FRUITS · PRICKLY PEARS · POMEGRANATES"
- "Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice."
- "This particular program, he [Graham Kerr] told us, would be about the finest dish in the world—which turned out to be called Veal Cutlets Yerex. Natch. For this you apparently needed three kiwi fruits, but the idea infuriated him. “It’s not a kiwi fruit,” he told us. “That’s just the stupid, vulgar, idiotic, irresponsible name the New Zealand government has given it. It’s a Chinese gooseberry—obviously.”"
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