barren strawberry

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noun

a low-growing plant, Waldsteinia fragarioides, of the rose family, native to north temperate regions, having long stalks with three toothed leaflets and yellow flowers.

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Origin of barren strawberry

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; so called because the fruit is dry and inedible

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How to use barren strawberry in a sentence

First, though, he has to be shocked into recognizing the barren waste of his spiritual life – by spirits.
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He'd kept the few offices at the front of the bungalow, now oddly barren.
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Without it in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a barren, frozen wasteland.
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Ibrahim Hijazi walked me through his barren house, emptied ahead of the demolition.
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Some parts were arid, nearly barren, others green and fertile.
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Nothing, however, can save us but a union, which would turn our barren hills into fruitful valleys.
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The cost of extraction varies in different localities, depending mainly on the mass of barren rock to be encountered and removed.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
There the quantity of barren overlying rock and earth is enormous, and detracts immensely from the value of the mines.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
The coast is sandy, and from M. Peron's description, barren and unprofitable.
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After a barren discussion she held out her hand, large and generous like herself.
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