/straw"ber'ee, -beuh ree/ , n. , pl. strawberries .
1. the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior. See illus. under achene .
2. the plant itself.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE streawberige. See STRAW, BERRY ]