strawberry

[straw-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

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.

strawberry

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry¹

Old English streawberige; perhaps from the strawlike appearance of the runners

Example Sentences

In a Mediterranean-like climate and using the fertile soil, they grow peanuts, oranges, apples and strawberries - rare crops for a country now facing one of the world's worst hunger crises.

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It now includes a strawberry matcha latte, black sesame matcha, and coconut matcha cloud.

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Each rose-colored strip smells like and tastes strongly of strawberry.

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Badalov, who now works as a seasonal strawberry picker south of London, said he "prefers working in the United Kingdom than in Russia."

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Some of her pairings feel classic, even rustic — the kind you’d find on a farmhouse table: strawberries with chèvre, pears with blue.

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