Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Kiwi, chinesische Stachelbeere

    ки́виkívi

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Can you eat the skin of a kiwifruit?

    ruМожно ли есть кожуру киви?

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  2. Even though Tom has never even tried eating one, he says he doesn't like kiwifruit.

    ruДаже при том, что Том никогда не пробовал киви, он продолжает говорить, что не любит их.

    deObwohl Tom noch nie eine probiert hat, sagt er, dass ihm Kiwis nicht schmecken.

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  3. People who are allergic to pineapple, bananas, or latex are likely also to be allergic to kiwifruit.

    dePersonen, die auf Ananas, Bananen oder Latex allergisch reagieren, sind sehr wahrscheinlich auch allergisch gegen Kiwis.

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  4. Kiwifruit is a rich source of vitamin K and vitamin C.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From Kiwi /kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”) + fruit; a trade name used by exporters for one

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.

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Forms

plural: kiwifruit / kiwifruits

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedkiwi

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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