kiwi fruit

noun

1. the edible oval fruit of the kiwi plant, Actinidia chinensis, a climbing plant native to Asia but grown extensively in New Zealand; it has a brown fuzzy skin and pale green flesh Also calledChinese gooseberry

Example Sentences

This possesses herbal and nutty tones on the palate alongside a good concentration of gooseberry and kiwi fruit flavors — nice texture.

From Seattle Times

Quintana said he came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1988, working first as a farm worker in California picking grapes, olives and kiwi fruit before entering the restaurant business in Michigan before moving to Chicago and finally Fort Wayne in 2001.

From Seattle Times

But what is easy to pinpoint is that like the kiwi fruit, which originated in China, and the kiwi, a native bird, the feijoa has become for many here a quintessential symbol of New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as the country is known in the Indigenous Maori language.

From New York Times

For example, studies have linked consumption of fatty fish, dairy, kiwi fruit, tart cherries and other berries such as strawberries and blueberries with better sleep.

From Salon

California is the nation’s biggest agricultural exporter and the leading producer of not just almonds, pistachios, strawberries, apricots and garlic, but also pomegranates, persimmons, kale, nectarines, plums, celery, kiwi fruit, eggplant and honeydew.

From New York Times