also: キウィフルーツ · キーウィフルーツ · キーウィーフルーツ
noun
kiwifruit; kiwi fruit; kiwi
Refers to the fruit of the kiwifruit vine. In Japanese, often simply called キウイ in casual contexts.
朝食にキウイフルーツを食べました。
I ate a kiwifruit for breakfast.
このキウイフルーツはまだ硬いですね。
This kiwifruit is still hard, isn't it?
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
Borrowed from English 'kiwifruit', itself derived from 'kiwi' (the bird) + 'fruit'.