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strawberry
noun, straw·ber·ry often attributive \ˈstrȯ-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē\
: a soft, juicy red fruit that grows on a low plant with white flowers
Full Definition of STRAWBERRY
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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Origin of STRAWBERRY
Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface
First Known Use: before 12th century
Rhymes with STRAWBERRY
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
STRAWBERRY Defined for Kids
strawberry
noun straw·ber·ry \ˈstrȯ-ˌber-ē\
plural straw·ber·ries
Definition of STRAWBERRY for Kids
: the juicy edible usually red fruit of a low-growing plant with white flowers and long slender runners
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