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CHINESE GOOSEBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
Synonyms:
Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a part of...):
Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi vine (climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
Synonyms:
Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chinese gooseberry" 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 "Chinese gooseberry"):
Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; kiwi fruit (fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh)
Holonyms ("Chinese gooseberry" is a member of...):
Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)