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- noun 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. - noun Plural form of
kiwi fruit .
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- noun fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
Etymologies
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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.
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