strawberry

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.

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

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strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ -brɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

a.  any of various low-growing rosaceous plants of the genus Fragaria, such as F. vesca (wild strawberry) and F. ananassa (garden strawberry), which have white flowers and red edible fruits and spread by runners

b.  (as modifier) a strawberry patch

2. (Cookery)

a.  the fruit of any of these plants, consisting of a sweet fleshy receptacle bearing small seedlike parts (the true fruits)

b.  (as modifier) strawberry ice cream

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

barren strawberry a related Eurasian plant, Potentilla sterilis, that does not produce edible fruit

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a purplish-red colour

b.  (as adjective) strawberry shoes

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) another name for strawberry mark

[Old English streawberige; perhaps from the strawlike appearance of the runners]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strawberry - sweet fleshy red fruit               berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves cultivated strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, garden strawberry - widely cultivated
	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 cultivated strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, garden strawberry - widely cultivated Fragaria vesca, wild strawberry, wood strawberry - Europe 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 hemangioma simplex, strawberry mark birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

Translations

strawberry [ˈstrɔːbərɪ]

A. N (= fruit, plant) → fresa f, frutilla f (LAm); (large, cultivated) → fresón m

B. CPD [jam, ice cream, tart] → de fresa
strawberry bed N → fresal m
strawberry blonde N → rubia f fresa
see also strawberry-blonde strawberry mark N (on skin) → mancha f de nacimiento

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strawberry [ˈstrɔːbəri]

n

(= berry) → fraise f
strawberries and cream → des fraises à la crème

(also strawberry plant) → fraisier m

modif [jam] → de fraise; [ice cream, yoghurt, milkshake] → à la fraise; [bed, patch] → de fraisiers
a strawberry ice cream → une glace à la fraise
strawberry jam → confiture f de fraises
strawberry blonde

adj [hair] → blond vénitien inv

n (= woman) → blonde f vénitienne
strawberry mark n (on skin) → tache f de vin
straw-coloured [ˈstrɔːkʌlə^rd] (British) straw-colored (US) adj → paille inv
straw poll n → sondage m
to conduct a straw poll → faire un sondage

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strawberry

n (= plant, fruit) → Erdbeere f

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strawberry in cpds → Erdbeer-;

strawberry blonde

n → Rotblonde(r) mf; she’s a strawberry → sie hat rotblondes Haar

adj → rotblond

strawberry jam

n → Erdbeermarmelade f

strawberry mark

n → (rotes) Muttermal

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strawberry [ˈstrɔːb/ərɪ]

1. n → fragola
wild strawberry → fragolina di bosco

2. adj (jam, tart) → di fragole; (ice cream) → alla fragola

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strawberry [ˈstrɔːb/ərɪ]

1. n → fragola
wild strawberry → fragolina di bosco

2. adj (jam, tart) → di fragole; (ice cream) → alla fragola

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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 양딸기 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 草莓

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strawberry → فراولة jahoda jordbær Erdbeere φράουλα fresa mansikka fraise jagoda fragola イチゴ 딸기 aardbei jordbær truskawka morango клубника jordgubbe ผลสตรอเบอรี่ çilek quả dâu tây 草莓