Lexic.us

Definition of Strawberry

1. Noun. Sweet fleshy red fruit.

2. Noun. 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.

3. Noun. A soft red birthmark.

Definition of Strawberry

1. n. A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.

Definition of Strawberry

1. Noun. The juicy, usually red, edible fruit of certain plants of the genus ''Fragaria''. ¹

2. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Fragaria'' (that bears such fruit). ¹

3. Noun. (colour) A red colour, like that of the fruit; strawberry red. ¹

4. Noun. (rare) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise or birthmark. ¹

5. Adjective. Containing or having the flavor of strawberries. ¹

6. Adjective. Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries. ¹

7. Adjective. Of a red colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strawberry

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Strawberry

straw man straw men straw mushroom straw mushrooms straw nail straw nails straw poll straw polls straw shoe straw tick

straw vote straw wine strawbana strawberried strawberries strawberry (current term) strawberry-shrub family strawberry blite strawberry blonde strawberry bush

strawberry daiquiri strawberry geranium strawberry guava strawberry haemangioma strawberry hemangioma strawberry ice cream strawberry jam strawberry leaf strawberry mark strawberry pear

Literary usage of Strawberry

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

1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawing) in the Holbein Chamber at strawberry Hill. strawberry Hill, 1760, 8vo. pp. a Answer to Lord Bolingbroke. Lond. ..."

2. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"strawberry HILL PRESS.—Continued. himself. strawberry Hill, 1764. 410. ... An Account of Russia, as it was in 1710. strawberry Hill, 1758. Sm. 8vo. ..."

3. Annual ReportGardening (1886)
"HORTICULTURAL HALL, > OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, June 5th, 1886. f The Third Annual strawberry Meeting of the Columbus Horticultural Society was held at the ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1865)
"strawberry Hill, 142, illustrated with prints, drawings and MS. notes, SI. ... strawberry Hill, 168, with Account of the Giants, 1766, the Sleep Walker by ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Pot-grown strawberry plant. should be a pollen-bearing kind. The horticultural bearing of the sexual characters of the strawberry flower se-ems to have ..."

6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"Mr. Montgomery: There was a question last year, "What material can be grown on old strawberry beds after harvest to mulch the new strawberry bed? ..."

7. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"strawberry Hill, 154, illustrated with prints, drawings and MS. notes. ... strawberry Hill, 168, with Account of the Giants, 1766, the Sleep Walker by Lady ..."

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