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Record 1 2002-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

An edible fruit resembling a large gooseberry, produced by a New Zealand vine and sold in the United States as a delicacy.

OBS

kiwi: A vine, Actinidia chinensis, native to Asia, bearing fuzzy, edible fruit. In this sense, also called "Chinese gooseberry".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Fruit ovoïde de 6 cm de longueur avec une peau fine duveteuse. À la coupe, on trouve un axe central cellulosique autour duquel se groupent une centaine de toutes petites graines noires entourées d'une pulpe verte, sucrée, savoureuse et fraîche.

Key term(s)
  • actinidie
  • actinidia

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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