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Definition of Actinidia chinensis
1. Noun. Climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat.
Terms within: Chinese Gooseberry, Kiwi, Kiwi Fruit
Group relationships: Actinidia, Genus Actinidia
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinidia Chinensis
Literary usage of Actinidia chinensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The species actinidia chinensis seems to be the largest and most important of all.
It grows in the mild-wintered Yangtze Valley, and as far as the writer ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"Another new fruit recently received at the garden is the Yang Taw (Actinidia
chinensis). These plants, and specimens of their fruit preserved in alcohol, ..."
3. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1849)
"The fruits are like those of the yang-fau ()jfa {o|fc, actinidia chinensis, PL, "a
climbing shrub which bears edible fruit about the size of a plum," Henry, ..."
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