CHINESE GOOSEBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese gooseberry mean? 

• CHINESE GOOSEBERRY (noun)
  The noun CHINESE GOOSEBERRY has 2 senses:

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

2. fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

  Familiarity information: CHINESE GOOSEBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE GOOSEBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi vine

Hypernyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Chinese gooseberry"):

Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit (fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh)

Holonyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a member of...):

Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit

Hypernyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a part of...):

Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi vine (climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat)