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Fruit that stays on the ground (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kiwi

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'fruit' is the definition.
(kiwi fruit is a kind of fruit)

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(Other definitions for kiwi that I've seen before include "New Zealander's bird" , "Someone from New Zealand?" , "one with big bill" , "Fruit and flightless bird" , "N Zealand bird" .)

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