kiwifruit

plural kiwifruits · alternative Kiwi fruit · alternative kiwi fruit · alternative kiwi-fruit

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   In the produce industry, a long shelf life is critical to success, too. (One hard lesson: Pre-peeled kiwifruit is not a good idea.)

   2019 September 30, Kristen Hartke, “If you’re an American who loves kiwi, jackfruit or jicama, you have this 96-year-old woman to thank”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019

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   The international threat isn't coming from New Zealand, whose growing season does not conflict with California's. New Zealand kiwifruit is marketed in the summer months; California's season is from November through May.

   1990 May 23, Carole Sugarman, “O Say Can You Kiwi? U.S. Growers Battle Imports”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017

   Unlike many plants, which are self-pollinating, kiwifruit is dioecious, meaning the plants come in sexes, and female plants must be fertilized with pollen from a male to bear fruit. When kiwifruit, known by the Chinese name of yang tao, was first sent from China to the U.S. in 1904, the USDA Plant Introduction Station at Chico, Calif., produced a viable combination of male and female vines.

   2002 May 8, Emily Green, “Kiwi, Act II”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2019

   Vitamin C values increased from 65.92 ± 9.1 (day 0) to 102 ± 23.1 μM (day 28) and from 68 ± 15.2 μM to 92.38 ± 14.7 μM after consuming two and three kiwifruit per day, respectively (Duttaroy & Jorgensen, 2004).

   2013, Asim K[anti] Duttaroy, “Cardioprotective Properties of Kiwifruit”, in Mike Boland, Paul J. Moughan, editors, Nutritional Benefits of Kiwifruit (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research; volume 68), Academic Press, →ISBN, page 277

   Synonyms: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, melonette, yangtao