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Look up: kiwi

  1. Kiwi
    (Actinidia) This group consists of about 30 species of hardy and tender, deciduous, climbing plants that are natives of eastern Asia. These plants are great for growing on trellises, along fences, covering walls, or tall stumps. They are grown for their beauty as well as their fruits and are com...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/actinidia.html

  2. kiwi
    [n] - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh 2. [n] - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Kiwi
    Term used to describe a New Zealander.
    Found on http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW

  4. kiwi
    kiwi fruit noun fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. kiwi
    apteryx noun nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. kiwi
    any of five species of flightless birds belonging to the genus Apteryx and found in New Zealand. The name is a Maori word referring to the shrill ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/38

  7. kiwi
    edible fruit of the vine Actinidia chinensis (family Actinidiaceae). The plant is native to China and Taiwan and is now grown commercially in New ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/38

  8. kiwi
    kiwi (kē'wē) or apteryx (ăp'turiks) , common name for the smallest member of an order of primitive flightless birds related to the ostrich, the emu, and the cassowary. The kiwi, named by the Maoris for its shrill, piping call, is most closely related to the extinct moa. It ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08278

  9. Kiwi
    Kiwi is slang for a New Zealander.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Kiwi
    Kiwi is slang for a New Zealander.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Kiwi
    The kiwi (originally known as the kiwi-kiwi on account of its cry) is a group of three species of bird (genus Apteryx) only found in New Zealand. They are about the size of a domestic fowl, have short stout legs terminated in three toes with a rudimentary hallux which forms a spur and a long bill wi...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. kiwi
    Flightless bird found only in New Zealand. It has long hairlike brown plumage, minute wings and tail, and a very long beak with nostrils at the tip. It is nocturnal and insectivorous. It lays one or two white eggs per year, each weighing up to 450 g/15.75 oz. (Species Apteryx australis&l...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Kiwi
    A fresh, egg-sized berry with a brown, furry skin and green flesh. Its flavor resembles berries and melons.
    Found on http://www.foodler.com/glossary/cuisines

  14. Kiwi
    `Kiwi` are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus `Apteryx` and family `Apterygidae`. At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world. There are five...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

  15. Kiwi
    (people) `Kiwi` is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand, as well as being a relatively common self-reference. The name derives from the kiwi, a flightless bird, which is native to, and the national symbol of, New Zealand. The usage is not offensive, being treated with...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

  16. Kiwi
    (shoe polish) `Kiwi` is the brand name of a shoe polish, first made in lc=on--> sold in almost 180 countries. Owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it is the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has about two-thirds of th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

  17. Kiwi
    (horse) `Kiwi` (foaled 1977 in New Zealand, died 1995 in New Zealand) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and won the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi, who raced from 1980 to 1987, remains the only horse ever to win both cups. Kiwi was bred by H. B. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

  18. KIWI
    `KIWI` (102.9 FM, "Radio Lobo") is a commercial radio station located in McFarland, California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield, California, area. The station is owned by Lotus Communications Corporation and licensed to Lotus Bakersfield Corp. KIWI airs a Regional Mexican music format. Pro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIWI

  19. Kiwi
    (store) `Kiwi` is a discount store chain in partnership with NorgesGruppen that has 460 retail outlets in Norway, and 110 in Denmark. The stores carry 3,500 articles on 300–1,000 square meters of sales area. Kiwi has about 6000 employees. In addition to premium brands it also carrie...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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