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Actinidia

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n.1.a small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit.
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Noun1.Actinidia - small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruitActinidia - small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Actinidiaceae, family Actinidiaceae - tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines
Actinidia arguta, bower actinidia, tara vine - climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
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
Actinidia polygama, silver vine, silvervine - ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings


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By what name are the edible berries of the Actinidia chinensis vine better known?
Offer F: Kiwi fruit - actinidia arguta "issai" - this hairless variety doesn't even need peeling
The kiwifruit is from the cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia.
 
 
 
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