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kiwi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kiwi has 4 senses
- kiwi(n = noun.plant) actinidia chinensis, actinidia deliciosa, chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat; Array has parts: chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi fruit
- kiwi(n = noun.person) new zealander - a native or inhabitant of New Zealand; Array is a member of new zealand
- kiwi(n = noun.food) chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh; Array is a kind of edible fruit
- kiwi(n = noun.animal) apteryx - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes; Array is a kind of flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
is a member of actinidia, genus actinidia
is a kind of vine
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
is a part of actinidia chinensis, actinidia deliciosa, chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine
is a member of genus apteryx
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kiwi, n. (pl. kiwis)
1 a flightless New Zealand bird of the genus Apteryx with hairlike feathers and a long bill. Also called APTERYX.
2 (Kiwi) colloq. a New Zealander, esp. a soldier or member of a national sports team.
1 a flightless New Zealand bird of the genus Apteryx with hairlike feathers and a long bill. Also called APTERYX.
2 (Kiwi) colloq. a New Zealander, esp. a soldier or member of a national sports team.
Idiom
kiwi fruit (or berry) the fruit of a climbing plant, Actinidia chinensis, having a thin hairy skin, green flesh, and black seeds: also called Chinese gooseberry.
Etymology
Maori
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