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strawberry definition

straw·berry (strô′ber′ē, -bər ē)

noun pl. strawberries -·ries

  1. the small, red, fleshy accessory fruit of a stolon-bearing plant (genus Fragaria) of the rose family
  2. this plant

Etymology: ME strawberi < OE streawberie < streaw, straw + berige, berry: prob. from the small achenes

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