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Kiwi

noun

Climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat. Synonyms: Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine.

A native or inhabitant of New Zealand. Synonym: New Zealander.

Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh. Synonyms: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit.

Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes. Synonym: apteryx.

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Words linked to "Kiwi" : edible fruit, dweller, vine, genus Actinidia, flightless bird, Actinidia, New Zealand, indweller, ratite bird, inhabitant, ratite, habitant, denizen, genus Apteryx