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English discoverers be naming fruit like (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This sent me to Wikipedia for kiwifruit, where I read the Chinese characters translate as "macaque peach," but I don't know if that means "peach-ish fruit macaques like to eat" or "peach-ish fruit with fur like a macaque."

I think we can skip the " Chinese gooseberry" interval.

I assume the Kiwi who rebranded them as "kiwifruit" 🥝 intended both "from New Zealand" and "sorta looks like a kiwi bird."