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KIWI VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kiwi vine mean?
• KIWI VINE (noun)
The noun KIWI VINE has 1 sense:
1. climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
Familiarity information: KIWI VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("kiwi vine" 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 "kiwi vine"):
Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit (fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh)
Holonyms ("kiwi vine" is a member of...):
Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)
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