chinese gooseberry

1. 1.

   climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat

   Synonymskiwikiwi vineActinidia chinensisActinidia deliciosa

   Broadervine

   Part ofActinidia

   Partskiwi
2. 2.

   fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

   Synonymskiwikiwi fruit

   Broaderedible fruit

   Part ofChinese gooseberry

Questions about chinese gooseberry

What does chinese gooseberry mean?

chinese gooseberry means "climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for chinese gooseberry?

Close synonyms include kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, kiwi. 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 chinese gooseberry a common word?

chinese gooseberry 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.