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Sunday, January 15, 2012

KIWIFRUIT on a traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD from USA


"The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in many parts of the world, is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia.
The most common cultivars of kiwifruit are oval, about the size of a large hen's egg (5–8 cm / 2–3 in long and 4.5–5.5 cm / 1¾–2 in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull brown-green skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture and a sweet but unique flavor, and today is a commercial crop in several countries, such as ItalyNew ZealandChileFranceGreeceIranJapanUSAPortugalSouth Korea and Spain."

"Also known as the Chinese gooseberry,[1] the fruit was renamed for export marketing reasons in the 1950s; briefly to melonette, and then later by New Zealand exporters to kiwifruit. The name "kiwifruit" comes from the kiwi — a brown flightless bird and New Zealand's national symbol. Kiwi is also a colloquial name for the New Zealand people."


Chinese gooseberry was too long of a name; also too long was Hairy bush fruit (毛木果 máo mù guǒ).


"The fruit had a long history before it was commercialized as kiwifruit, and therefore had many other names.
  • Macaque peach (獼猴桃 Pinyinmíhóu táo): the most common name
  • Macaque pear (獼猴梨 míhóu lí)
  • Vine pear (藤梨 téng lí)
  • Sunny peach (陽桃 yáng táo), a name originally referring to the kiwifruit, but often refers to thestarfruit
  • Wood berry (木子 mù zi)
  • Hairy bush fruit (毛木果 máo mù guǒ)
  • Unusual fruit or wonder fruit (奇異果 Pinyinqíyì guǒJyutpingkei4 ji6 gwo2): the most common name in Taiwan and Hong Kong, a quasi-transliteration of "kiwifruit", literally "strange fruit""

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5 comments:

  1. I don't think I would ever try eating anything called 'hairy bush fruit'! Yet, I love kiwi fruit.

    oh, look - word verification is 'activia'
    I also love my kiwi fruit in french vanilla yogourt, too!

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  2. I'll admit I have never tried a kiwi fruit. I'm not adventurous.
    Thanks for participating!

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  3. Kiwi fruit are on our menu regularly as are most fruit.

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  4. That's an attractive maximum card.

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  5. Hairy bush fruit describes it perfectly in contrast to melonette which seems an unlikely name. Still whatever it is called it is delicious.

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