kiwi

Definition of Kiwi in English :

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Noun

1. actinidia chinensis, actinidia deliciosa, chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine

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

2. kiwi, new zealander

a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

new zealander

3. chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi fruit

fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

4. apteryx, kiwi

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

apteryx

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kiwi

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nounWord forms: plural kiwis

1.

any nocturnal flightless New Zealand bird of the genus Apteryx, having a long beak, stout legs, and weakly barbed feathers: order Apterygiformes

ratite

2. short for kiwi fruit

3. informal

a New Zealander

Kiwi

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nounWord forms: plural ˈkiwis

1.

any of an order (Apterygiformes) of tailless New Zealand birds, with undeveloped wings, hairlike feathers, and a long, slender bill: it feeds chiefly on insects and worms

2. [also K-]

the brown, hairy, egg-sized fruit, with a sweet, edible, green pulp, of a vine (Actinidia chinensis) of a family (Actinidiaceae, order Theales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees, shrubs, and vines

3. [K-]; Informal

a New Zealander

Kiwi

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n. pl. ki·wis

1. Any of several flightless birds of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand, having vestigial wings and a long slender bill. Also called apteryx.

2. Informal A New Zealander.

3. A kiwifruit.

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