kiwi

Definitions of kiwi
  1. noun
    climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
  2. noun
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
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    type of:
    frutto
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
  3. noun
    nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
    synonyms: atterige, kivi
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