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Chinese gooseberry

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Chinese gooseberry

(Plants) another name for kiwi fruit

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Chi′nese goose′berry

a Chinese climbing shrub, Actinidia chinensis, of the family Actinidiaceae, cultivated in New Zealand for its edible fruit. Compare kiwi (def. 2).

[1920–25]

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Noun	1.	Chinese gooseberry - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, kiwi, kiwi vine 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 flesh kiwi fruit, kiwi 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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