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strawberry

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/

The English word “strawberry” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

  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. To gather strawberries.
  2. To turn a dark pinkish-red.

Etymology

From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering…

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