strawberry Syllabification: (straw·ber·ry)Pronunciation: /ˈstrôˌberē, -b(ə)rē/Translate strawberry | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish 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)strawberry in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of strawberry in the British & World English dictionary