strawberry
noun pl. strawberries
- the small, red, fleshy accessory fruit of a stolon-bearing plant (genus Fragaria) of the rose family
- this plant
See strawberry in American Heritage Dictionary 4
straw·ber·ry
noun- Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of a red fleshy edible receptacle and numerous seedlike fruitlets.
- The aggregate fruit of this plant.
adjective Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
Origin: Middle English, from Old English strēawberige : strēaw, straw; see straw + berige, berie, berry; see berry .
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