Associations to the word «Kiwi»

Pictures for the word «Kiwi»

Wiktionary

KIWI, noun. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
KIWI, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
KIWI, noun. A New Zealand dollar.
KIWI, noun. A kiwi fruit.
KIWI, noun. (informal) A New Zealander.
KIWI, adjective. (informal) of or from New Zealand
KIWI BEAR, noun. The meat or carcass of feral New Zealand possums, used as a food source in South-East Asia.
KIWI BEARS, noun. Plural of Kiwi bear
KIWI FRUIT, noun. A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.

Dictionary definition

KIWI, noun. Climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat.
KIWI, noun. A native or inhabitant of New Zealand.
KIWI, noun. Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh.
KIWI, noun. Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.

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