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kiwi

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: kiwi

1
 n
climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
2
 n
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: kiwi
1

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

Synonyms:
Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

n fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

Synonyms:
Chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit
Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
2

n nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Synonyms:
apteryx
Type of:
flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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