Strawberry definition

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Strawberries are the first "fruit" to ripen in the spring.
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The definition of a strawberry is the red fruit of a plant in the genus Fragaria.
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The small, red, fleshy accessory fruit of a stolon-bearing plant (genus Fragaria) of the rose family.
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(rare) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise or birthmark.
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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.
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The edible fruit of any of these plants, especially the cultivated species F. xananassa.
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This plant.
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(slang) A reddish abrasion of the skin.
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The juicy, usually red, edible fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

They went to pick strawberries today.

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Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).

She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.

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(colour) A red colour, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.

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Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.

I'd like a large strawberry shake.

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Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
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Of a red colour.

The strawberry lipstick makes her look younger.

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California produces more strawberries than any other state in the United States, producing about one billion every year.
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The size of the strawberry depends on how many pistils get fertilized.
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Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria of the rose family, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of numerous one-seeded achenes embedded in a fleshy red receptacle.
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Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
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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.
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Strawberries were used by the ancient Romans for infections, inflammation, depression, and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen.

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
strawberry
Plural:
strawberries

Origin of strawberry

  • Middle English from Old English strēawberige strēaw straw straw berige, berie berry berry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English strÄ“awberiÄ¡e, corresponding to straw +"Ž berry.

    From Wiktionary

Strawberry Sentence Examples

  • Make new strawberry beds if required.

  • Betsy rose and left the room, returning with a tray full of warm scones and strawberry preserves.

  • She is a sterile flower, you know--like some strawberry blossoms.

  • I figured you'd eat this stuff up like strawberry shortcake.

  • Indian corn, quinoa, mandioca, possibly the potato, cotton and various fruits, including the strawberry, were already known to the aborigines, but with the conqueror came wheat, barley, oats, flax, many kinds of vegetables, apples, peaches, apricots, pears, grapes, figs, oranges and lemons, together with alfalfa and new grasses for the plains.

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