kiwifruit
kiwifruit noun: 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.
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Noun
kiwifruit (countable and uncountable, plural kiwifruit or kiwifruits)
- 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...
- Unlike many plants, which are self-pollinating, kiwifruit is dioecious, meaning the plants come in sexes, and female plants must be fertilized with pollen from a male to bear fruit. When kiwifruit, known by the Chinese name of yang tao, was first sent from China to the U.S. in 1904, the USDA Plant...2002 May 8, Emily Green, “Kiwi, Act II”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2019
- Synonyms:
- Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, melonette, yangtao
kiwifruit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Assamese
kiwifruit in Hindi
- fruit
- कीवी kīvī
kiwifruit in Tamil
- fruit
- பசலிப்பழம் pacalippaḻam
kiwifruit in Malayalam
- kiwifruit
- കിവി kivi
kiwifruit in Assamese
- fruit
- কিৱি ফল
More languagesFewer languages
- kiwifruit in Tagalog
- kiwi, bungang kiwi
- kiwifruit in Arabic
- كِيوِي kīwī
- kiwifruit in Indonesian
- buah kiwi
- kiwifruit in Persian
- کیوی kivi
- kiwifruit in Thai
- กีวี gii-wîi
- kiwifruit in Vietnamese
- trái ki wi, trái dương đào
Examples of kiwifruit in a sentence
- Unlike many plants, which are self-pollinating, kiwifruit is dioecious, meaning the plants come in sexes, and female plants must be fertilized with pollen from a male to bear fruit.2002 May 8, Emily Green, “Kiwi, Act II”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- In the produce industry, a long shelf life is critical to success, too. (One hard lesson: Pre-peeled kiwifruit is not a good idea.)2019 September 30, Kristen Hartke, “If you’re an American who loves kiwi, jackfruit or jicama, you have this 96-year-old woman to thank”...
Synonyms of kiwifruit
Forms of kiwifruit
| plural | kiwifruit |
|---|---|
| plural | kiwifruits |
| alternative form | Kiwi fruit |
| alternative form | kiwi fruit |
| alternative form | kiwi-fruit |
Origin of kiwifruit
From Kiwi /kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”) + fruit; a trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand.
Words formed from kiwifruit
- gold kiwifruit
- kiwi
Questions about kiwifruit
- What does kiwifruit mean?
- Kiwifruit means 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.
- What is kiwifruit in Hindi?
- Kiwifruit in Hindi is कीवी (kīvī). See Kiwifruit meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kiwifruit in a sentence?
- Unlike many plants, which are self-pollinating, kiwifruit is dioecious, meaning the plants come in sexes, and female plants must be fertilized with pollen from a male to bear fruit.
- What part of speech is kiwifruit?
- Kiwifruit is a noun.
- What is the plural of kiwifruit?
- The plural of kiwifruit is kiwifruit.
Words near kiwifruit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kiwifruit (page history and authors); കിവി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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