» kiwi
Noun (4 meanings)
1. climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat.
Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa
kiwi is a type of:
- vine (noun) - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
kiwi is a member of:
- Actinidia, genus Actinidia (noun) - small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit
parts of kiwi:
- kiwi, kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry (noun) - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
2. a native or inhabitant of New Zealand.
kiwi is a type of:
- inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller (noun) - a person who inhabits a particular place
kiwi is a member of:
- New Zealand (noun) - an independent country within the British Commonwealth
3. fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh.
kiwi is a type of:
- edible fruit (noun) - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
kiwi is a part of:
- Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa (noun) - climbing vine native to China
4. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.
kiwi is a type of:
- ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird (noun) - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches
kiwi is a member of:
- genus Apteryx (noun) - type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis