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strawberry
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straw·ber·ry  (strôbr)
n.
1. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of a red fleshy edible receptacle and numerous seedlike fruitlets.
2. The aggregate fruit of this plant.
adj.
Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.

[Middle English, from Old English strawberige : straw, straw; see straw + berige, berie, berry; see berry.]

strawberry
Noun
pl -ries a sweet fleshy red fruit with small seeds on the outside [Old English strēawberige]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.strawberrystrawberry - sweet fleshy red fruit              
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2.strawberry - any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Fragaria, genus Fragaria - strawberries
beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis - wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries
Fragaria virginiana, scarlet strawberry, Virginia strawberry - North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
3.strawberry - a soft red birthmark
birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Translations
strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ] nfresa, frutilla (LAM)

strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ] nfraise f (= plant); fraisier m

strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ] nErdbeere f

strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ] nfragola

strawberry
n strawberry [ˈstroːbəri]
a type of small juicy red fruit. aarbei توت أرْضي ягода jahoda jordbær die Erdbeere φράουλα fresa maasikas توت فرنگي mansikka fraise תוּת שָׂדֶה हिसालू, लाल रंग jagoda (földi)eper buah arbei jarðarber fragola いちご 딸기 braškė, žemuogė zemene strawberi aardbei jordbær truskawka morango căp­şună земляника; клубника jahoda jagoda jagoda jordgubbe ผลสตรอเบอรี่ çilek 草莓 суниці; полуниці توت فرنگی quả, cây dâu tây


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