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kiwi fruit

kiwi fruit is the alternative form of kiwifruit.

Meaning of kiwifruit

Noun

kiwifruit (countable and uncountable, plural kiwifruit or kiwifruits)

  1. A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the gold kiwifruit, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa.
    • The international threat isn't coming from New Zealand, whose growing season does not conflict with California's. New Zealand kiwifruit is marketed in the summer months; California's season is from November through May.1990 May 23, Carole Sugarman, “O Say Can You Kiwi? U.S. Growers Battle Imports”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28...

Noun capitalized: Kiwi fruit

Kiwi fruit (countable and uncountable, plural Kiwi fruit or Kiwi fruits)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of kiwifruit.
    • Though not for growing in the East, because it requires a long, hot summer, the new ornamental Chinese goose berry called Kiwi fruit, does appear in foot markets here.1970 June 7, “New Plants to Look For”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • Pavlova, that well intentioned Australian dessert (named after a Russian ballerina), all set about with passion-fruit pips and Chinese gooseberries (oh, all right, Kiwi fruit), can be a sumptuous affair if it is made with care and consideration.1996 June 8, Simon Hopkinson, “Food: As light as a cloud”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2011

Forms of kiwi fruit

pluralkiwi fruit
pluralkiwi fruits
pluralKiwi fruit
pluralKiwi fruits

Questions about kiwi fruit

What is kiwi fruit the alternative form of?
Kiwi fruit is the alternative form of kiwifruit.
What part of speech is kiwi fruit?
Kiwi fruit is a noun.
What is the plural of kiwi fruit?
The plural of kiwi fruit is kiwi fruit.

Words near kiwi fruit in the dictionary

  1. kiwi berries
  2. kiwi berry
  3. Kiwi cricket
  4. Kiwi dollar
  5. Kiwi dollars
  6. kiwi fruit
  7. kiwi fruits
  8. kiwi-fruit
  9. kiwi-fruits
  10. kiwi-ing
  11. Kiwiana

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