Reference meaning
kiwi
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climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
Related source terms
chinese gooseberrykiwi vineactinidia chinensis
Other meanings
2. noun
a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
3. noun
fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
4. noun
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
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