strawberry

The definition of a strawberry is the red fruit of a plant in the genus Fragaria.

Facts About Strawberry Plants

Unlike fruit that has an inside seed, the seeds of a strawberry are on the outside and are actually achenes, which are the seeds and the fruit.
Strawberries are the first "fruit" to ripen in the spring.
California produces more strawberries than any other state in the United States, producing about one billion every year.
Strawberry plants reproduce in two ways; sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction involves the flowers and pollination. Strawberry plants can self-pollinate by putting out runners that start new plants.
The size of the strawberry depends on how many pistils get fertilized.
Strawberries were used by the ancient Romans for infections, inflammation, depression, and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen.

(noun)

An example of a strawberry is a fruit commonly served in Spring and Summer, often dipped in chocolate.

See strawberry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

See strawberry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English strēawberige

Origin: : strēaw, straw; see straw

Origin: + berige, berie, berry; see berry

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