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bower actinidia

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Definition of bower actinidia

: a high-climbing Asian vine (Actinidia arguta) that is sometimes cultivated for its ornamental long-petioled finely serrate leaves, white flowers, and globose greenish yellow edible fruits

— called also tara vine

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