actinidia chinensis

Questions about actinidia chinensis

What does actinidia chinensis mean?

actinidia chinensis means "climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat".

What is another word for actinidia chinensis?

Close synonyms include Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia deliciosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is actinidia chinensis a common word?

actinidia chinensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.