kiwi

Speech parts

1. kiwi - Noun

2. kiwi - Adjective

Meaning

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

nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

apteryx kiwi fruit Chinese gooseberry New Zealander Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia chinensis kiwi vine dodo cherry nandu gear banana sack albatross avocado

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Hypernyms

vine habitant fruit inhabitant dweller denizen

Phrases with the word

Okarito kiwi kiwi-like edible oval fruit of the kiwi plant former kiwi kin kiwi's extinct kin edible fruit of the kiwi plant

Anagrams

wiki

Examples

Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead. Erma Bombeck

Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you. Daniel Gillies

[The Kiwi.] It's the bird equivalent of a badger. David Attenborough

I'm a Kiwi. I'm from a beach suburb called Takapuna, which is on the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand. Lorde

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson. Bernie Mac

I don't look like no kiwi bird. Muhammad Ali

Close letter words and terms

Kiwani Kiwanian kiwano Kiwi bear kiwi berry Kiwi dollar