ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinidia chinensis mean? 

• ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS (noun)
  The noun ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi vine

Hypernyms ("Actinidia chinensis" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Actinidia chinensis"):

Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit (fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh)

Holonyms ("Actinidia chinensis" is a member of...):

Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)