STRAWBERRY


Meaning of STRAWBERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstrȯ-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface

Date: before 12th century

1. : the juicy edible usually red fruit of any of several low-growing temperate herbs (genus Fragaria ) of the rose family that is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes on its surface

2. : a plant whose fruits are strawberries ; especially : a hybrid ( Fragaria ananassa ) that is the source of most cultivated strawberries

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