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strawberry

Syllabification: (straw·ber·ry)

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Definition of strawberry

noun (plural strawberries)

  • 1a sweet soft red fruit with a seed-studded surface.
  • 2the low-growing plant that produces the strawberry, having white flowers, lobed leaves, and runners, and found throughout north temperate regions.
    • Genus Fragaria, family Rosaceae; the commercial strawberry is usually F. × ananassa
  • 3a deep pinkish-red color.

Origin:

Old English strēa(w)berige, strēowberige (see straw, berry)

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