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Chinese gooseberry
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Chinese gooseberry
n.
See kiwifruit.

Chinese gooseberry
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for kiwi fruit
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Noun1.Chinese gooseberry - climbing vine native to ChinaChinese gooseberry - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
Actinidia, genus Actinidia - small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
2.Chinese gooseberry - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green fleshChinese gooseberry - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat


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They were introduced as Chinese gooseberries in New Zealand in 1906.
 
 
 
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