kiwi (n.)

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

    [ Syn: chinese gooseberry , kiwi vine , actinidia chinensis , actinidia deliciosa ]

  2. a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

    [ Syn: new zealander , kiwi ]

  3. fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

    [ Syn: kiwi fruit , chinese gooseberry ]

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

    [ Syn: apteryx ]

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