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kiwi

kiwi

4 1.0
A small brown fuzzy fruit with bright green flesh and tiny black seeds
  • noun
  • /ˈkiːwi/
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  • The fruit salad was colorful, featuring kiwi, strawberries, and bananas.
  • kiwi fruit
  • kiwi slices
  • fresh kiwi

So now I eat my Kiwis with the skins on.

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Examples

  • I'll take a kiwi, sliced up.

  • When Mary Franklin reappeared, she carried a plate piled high with a thick sandwich, kiwi slices, and French fries.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Here, chew this kiwi for me.

  • "It's like looking at a kiwi fruit, slice by slice, compared to looking at the whole fruit," Jones says.

    Academic text (1994)
  • And I have a kiwi tart that demands my immediate attention.

  • She runs into the kitchen, returns with a plate of kiwi and nectarines, and two dark blue cloth napkins.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • You're going to need strawberry, banana, Kiwi, almond milk, and chia seeds.

  • It includes apple juice, mango puree, pineapple juice, banana puree, Kiwi puree, and then again, natural flavors.

  • For breakfast, I added slices of kiwi on top of my yogurt.

  • She enjoyed a refreshing smoothie made with kiwi and pineapple.

Synonyms

kiwifruit
vskiwi
1 2.0

A small brown fruit with fuzzy skin, green flesh, and many small black seeds

is described by taste as sweet and slightly tart
kiwi fruit
vskiwi
1 1.6

An oval brown fruit with fuzzy skin, green inside, and a slightly sour taste, often eaten raw or in desserts

focuses more on the fruit's sweet and slightly tart flavor
Chinese gooseberry
vskiwi
  • Archaic
3.5

A small fuzzy brown fruit with sour green flesh called kiwifruit

is the modern common name replacing that historical term

Compounds

1 1.6

An oval brown fruit with fuzzy skin, green inside, and a slightly sour taste, often eaten raw or in desserts

4.9

A climbing plant grown for its fuzzy, green fruit

About the size of a kiwi fruit

How Tart

lemon
318 1.0
grapefruit
57 1.0
kiwi
4 1.0
apple
583 1.0
peach
161 1.0
banana
153 1.0

Surface Forms

kiwi singular
kiwis plural

Etymology

Kiwi for the fruit was changed from the old name 'Chinese gooseberry' by New Zealand growers who called the brown, furry fruit kiwi after the bird it resembled. So the name helps you remember the fruit's brown, fuzzy skin and its link to New Zealand.