strawberry

American  

[straw-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈstrɔˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

strawberries

1. the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.

2. the plant itself.

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strawberry British  

/ ˈstrɔːbərɪ, -brɪ /

noun

1. 1. any of various low-growing rosaceous plants of the genus Fragaria, such as F. vesca ( wild strawberry ) and F. ananassa ( garden strawberry ), which have white flowers and red edible fruits and spread by runners

   2. ( as modifier )

      a strawberry patch

2. 1. the fruit of any of these plants, consisting of a sweet fleshy receptacle bearing small seedlike parts (the true fruits)

   2. ( as modifier )

      strawberry ice cream

3. a related Eurasian plant, Potentilla sterilis, that does not produce edible fruit

4. 1. a purplish-red colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      strawberry shoes

5. another name for strawberry mark

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Etymology

Origin of strawberry

before 1000; Middle English; Old English strēawberige. See straw, berry

Example Sentences

He said "no concessions" had been extended in "sensitive areas" such as grains, spices, dairy, poultry, meat and several vegetables and fruits -- including potatoes, oranges and strawberries.

From Barron's

Mom had taken his painting of a rainbow and hung it on the refrigerator with a magnet shaped like a strawberry.

From Literature

Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.

From The Wall Street Journal

The chain’s regulars included its own young employees, who experimented with using ice cream toppings like frozen strawberries and mangos and wound up expanding Swig’s menu options by the hundreds.

From The Wall Street Journal

The air smelled like warm wet dog and strawberry shampoo.

From Literature

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