<P> Kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry is the edible berries of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia . The name is often abbreviated as kiwi but only outside of Australia and New Zealand . The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit (' Hayward') is oval, about the size of a large hen's egg (5--8 cm (2.0--3.1 in) in length and 4.5--5.5 cm (1.8--2.2 in) in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull greenish - brown skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds . The fruit has a soft texture and a sweet but unique flavor . It is a commercial crop in several countries, such as China, Italy, New Zealand, Chile, Greece, and France . </P> <P> Early varieties were described in a 1904 nurseryman's catalogue as having "...edible fruits the size of walnuts, and the flavour of ripe gooseberries", and Europeans called it Chinese gooseberry . In 1962, New Zealand growers began calling it "kiwifruit" for export marketing, a name becoming commercially adopted in 1974 . The word kiwifruit and the shortened kiwi, have been used since around 1966, when the fruit was first imported from New Zealand to the United States . Kiwifruit has since become a common name for all commercially grown fruit from the genus Actinidia . In New Zealand, the shortened word, "kiwi", is seldom used to refer to the fruit, as it usually refers to the kiwi bird or the Kiwi people . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Kiwifruit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Kiwifruit" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Traditional Chinese </Th> <Td> 獼猴桃 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Simplified Chinese </Th> <Td> 猕猴桃 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Literal meaning </Th> <Td> "macaque peach" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> (show) Transcriptions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Standard Mandarin </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hanyu Pinyin </Th> <Td> míhóutáo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> IPA </Th> <Td> (mǐ. xǒu. thǎu) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Yue: Cantonese </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Jyutping </Th> <Td> mei - hau - tou </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

What was named first the kiwi bird or fruit