strawberry

 
Pronunciation: /ˈstrɔːb(ə)ri/

noun (plural strawberries)

  • 1a sweet soft red fruit with a seed-studded surface.
  • 2the low-growing plant which 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
  • 3 [mass noun] a deep pinkish-red colour: [as modifier]: she thought she would wear the strawberry crushed velvet

Origin:

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