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Definition of Fragaria virginiana

1. Noun. North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fragaria Virginiana

Literary usage of Fragaria virginiana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"fragaria virginiana, showing the profuse runners. berries is Duchesne's "Histoire Naturelle des Fraisiers," 1766. See Strawberry. ..."

2. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"... the scarlet class of North America, the parents of which were fragaria virginiana and the ever-bearing type, Fragaria vesca, which is native to Europe. ..."

3. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"STRAWBERRIES, fragaria virginiana Sour, sweet, astringent and heating, strawberries in moderation are suitable for all doshas. Daily consumption may help in ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"fragaria virginiana Duchesne, Hist. Nat. Fräs. 204 (1766). 2114. fragaria virginiana Illinoensis Prince; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5. 155 ('»67). 14. ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"These American species are : fragaria virginiana VEL CANADENSIS—Scarlet ... fleshed varieties over the scarlet fleshed varieties of the fragaria virginiana, ..."

6. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, James Englebert Teschemacher, W.D. Ticknor & Co (1888)
"... by fragaria virginiana, although there are supposed hybridizations with Fragaria Chiloensis, and, in the higher flavored class, with Fragaria elatior. ..."

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