strawberry
Americannoun
plural
strawberries-
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.
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the plant itself.
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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
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a strawberry patch
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the fruit of any of these plants, consisting of a sweet fleshy receptacle bearing small seedlike parts (the true fruits)
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strawberry ice cream
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a related Eurasian plant, Potentilla sterilis, that does not produce edible fruit
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a purplish-red colour
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strawberry shoes
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another name for strawberry mark
Etymology
Origin of strawberry
before 1000; Middle English; Old English strēawberige. See straw, berry
Example Sentences
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You find yourself in your kitchen holding a pint of strawberries that look airbrushed, but taste like wet air.
From Salon
“Thirty.eight, thirty-nine, blackberry, huckleberry, forty-five, strawberry, thirty-two, raspberry . . .” So it is very likely that he took fewer than fifty steps, or perhaps many more.
From Literature
There was a large slab of ham, two eggs, fried potatoes, hot biscuits, butter, and strawberry jam.
From Literature
Red brighter than strawberries, yellow like sunshine, blue like the morning sky and blue like deep water, green like the forest leaves, and all shades in between, colors I had never seen in the world.
From Literature
We see trees, greenery, flowers, strawberries, butterflies and dragonflies.
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