Kiwi fruit

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kiwi fruit (plural kiwi fruit)

Alternative spellings

• kiwifruit

1. A Chinese goosberry 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.

Synonyms

• Chinese gooseberry , kiwi (colloquial; US, rarely in New Zealand)

Translations

• Catalan: kiwi m
• Dutch: kiwi m
• Finnish: kiivi
• French: kiwi m
• German: Kiwi f, chinesische Stachelbeere f

See also

• kiwi fruit gold