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 the fruit of any of these plants, consisting of a sweet fleshy receptacle bearing small seedlike parts (the true fruits) (as modifier): strawberry ice cream a purplish-red colour (as adjective): strawberry shoes - another name for strawberry mark
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straw•ber•ry /ˈstrɔˌbɛri, -bəri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant Biologythe fleshy red fruit of a stemless plant belonging to the rose family.
- Plant Biologythe plant itself.
straw•ber•ry
(strô′ber′ē, -bə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries.
- Plant Biologythe fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior. See illus. under achene.
- Plant Biologythe plant itself.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English strēawberige. See straw, berry
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