strawberry

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
3. (countable, uncountable) The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)
4. (countable, uncountable) A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
5. (countable, rare, uncountable) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).
6. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.

Adj

1. Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
2. Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
3. Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To gather strawberries.
2. (intransitive) To turn a dark pinkish-red.

Synonyms

strawberries

hemangioma simplex

strawberry mark

wild strawberry

woodland strawberry

Arbutus

garden strawberry

candle berry myrtle

love bite

strawberry red

plant

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wax myrtle

Translations

Erdbeere

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fraise

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fragola

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fresa

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aardbei

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morango

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çilek

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φράουλα

fragum

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maduixa

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fraisier

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فراولة

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morangueiro

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frutilla

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: strawbery

Inherited from Old English: strēawberġe

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ster-
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *strew-der.
Proto-Germanic *strawą
Proto-West Germanic *strau
Old English strēaw
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe
Old English strēawberġe
Middle English strawbery
English strawberry
From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe. May derive from the practice (still common in parts of Europe) of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. By surface analysis, straw + berry.