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kiwi fruitEdible fruit of the vine Actinidia chinensis (family Actinidiaceae), native to mainland China and the island of Taiwan and grown commercially in New Zealand and California. It became popular in the nouvelle cuisine of the 1970s. It has a slightly acid taste and is high in vitamin C. Kiwi can be eaten raw or cooked, and the juice is sometimes used as a meat tenderizer. |
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At 8, guests settle into the sunny breakfast room and enjoy more tropical delights - waffles with pineapple and macadamia nuts, perhaps, with papaya, kiwi fruit, grapes and juice. If they ever started growing kiwi fruit in western Kansas, you could count on a BID to organize an association membership drive, alert legislators to the inequities faced by kiwi fruit growers on the High Plains and to pull the Kiwi Grower's float through the annual Farmer's Day parade. Effects of kiwi fruit consumption on platelet aggregation and plasma lipids in healthy human volunteers, Platelets, 15:5. |
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