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straw·ber·ry

(strô′bĕr′ē)

1. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria of the rose family, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of numerous one-seeded achenes embedded in a fleshy red receptacle.

2. The edible fruit of any of these plants, especially the cultivated species F. ×ananassa.

adj.

Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.

[Middle English, from Old English strēawberige : strēaw, straw; see straw + berige, berie, berry; see berry.]

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strawberry

(ˈstrɔːbərɪ; -brɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants)

a. 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

b. (as modifier): a strawberry patch.

2. (Cookery)

a. the fruit of any of these plants, consisting of a sweet fleshy receptacle bearing small seedlike parts (the true fruits)

b. (as modifier): strawberry ice cream.

3. (Plants) barren strawberry a related Eurasian plant, Potentilla sterilis, that does not produce edible fruit

4. (Colours)

a. a purplish-red colour

b. (as adjective): strawberry shoes.

5. (Physiology) another name for strawberry mark

[Old English streawberige; perhaps from the strawlike appearance of the runners]

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straw•ber•ry

(ˈstrɔˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries.

1. the 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.

2. the plant itself.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English strēawberige]

strawberry

- Got its name because the plant "strews" its runners along the ground; its seeds are actually individual fruits and it is termed an aggregate fruit.

See also related terms for strawberries.

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Noun	1.	strawberry - sweet fleshy red fruit berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves cultivated strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, garden strawberry - widely cultivated
	2.	strawberry - 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 herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Fragaria, genus Fragaria - strawberries cultivated strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, garden strawberry - widely cultivated Fragaria vesca, wild strawberry, wood strawberry - Europe beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis - wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries Fragaria virginiana, scarlet strawberry, Virginia strawberry - North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
	3.	strawberry - a soft red birthmark hemangioma simplex, strawberry mark birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

Translations

توت أرْضيفَرَاوِلَة

ягода

jahoda

jordbær

Erdbeere

φράουλα

frago

fresa

maasikas

mansikka

fraise fraisier

jagoda

földieperszamócaeper

arbeibuah arbei

jarîarber

fragola

イチゴ

딸기

fragum

braškėžemuogė

zemene

aardbeiaardbeiplant

jordbærjordbærplante

truskawkatruskawkowy

morango morangueiro

căpşună

клубника клубничный земляника земляничный

jahoda

jagoda

jordgubbe

ผลสตรอเบอรี่

çilek

quả dâu tây

草莓

strawberry

[ˈstrɔːbərɪ]

A. N (= fruit, plant) → fresa f, frutilla f (LAm); (large, cultivated) → fresón m

B. CPD [jam, ice cream, tart] → de fresa
strawberry bed N → fresal m
strawberry blonde N → rubia f fresa
see also strawberry-blonde strawberry mark N (on skin) → mancha f de nacimiento

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

strawberry

[ˈstrɔːbəri]

(= berry) → fraise f
strawberries and cream → des fraises à la crème

(also strawberry plant) → fraisier m

modif [jam] → de fraise; [ice cream, yoghurt, milkshake] → à la fraise; [bed, patch] → de fraisiers
a strawberry ice cream → une glace à la fraise
strawberry jam → confiture f de fraisesstrawberry blonde

adj [hair] → blond vénitien inv

n (= woman) → blonde f vénitiennestrawberry mark n (on skin) → tache f de vinstraw-coloured [ˈstrɔːkʌlə^rd] (British) straw-colored (US) adj → paille invstraw poll n → sondage m
to conduct a straw poll → faire un sondage

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

strawberry

n (= plant, fruit) → Erdbeere f

strawberry

in cpds → Erdbeer-;

strawberry blonde

n → Rotblonde(r) mf; she’s a strawberry → sie hat rotblondes Haar

adj → rotblond

strawberry jam

n → Erdbeermarmelade f

strawberry mark

n → (rotes) Muttermal

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

strawberry

[ˈstrɔːb/ərɪ]

1. n → fragola
wild strawberry → fragolina di bosco

2. adj (jam, tart) → di fragole; (ice cream) → alla fragola

strawberry

(ˈstroːbəri) – plural ˈstrawberries – noun

a type of small juicy red fruit.

strawberry

→ فَرَاوِلَة jahoda jordbær Erdbeere φράουλα fresa mansikka fraise jagoda fragola イチゴ 딸기 aardbei jordbær truskawka morango клубника jordgubbe ผลสตรอเบอรี่ çilek quả dâu tây 草莓

strawberry

n. fresa;

___ mark → marca en forma de ___.

strawberry

n (pl -ries) fresa

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Here they found a spring of pure bubbling water, around which the grass was full of wild strawberry plants, their pretty red berries ripe and ready to eat.

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I can make allowances for them and for you." He smiled with the most cordial politeness, and helped himself to a strawberry from the dish on his lap.

Noel Vanstone smiled, and helped himself to a strawberry. "I don't attempt to deny it," he said.

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There is a strawberry pie that would melt in your mouth."

Besides, I want that strawberry pie for my own poor man.

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Another of a yellow color, and of the size and taste of the large red currant, the bush four or five feet high; and the third a beautiful scarlet, resembling the strawberry in sweetness, though rather insipid, and growing on a low bush.

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Phillips to sit with the model Minnie Andrews--she found on her desk a big luscious "strawberry apple." Anne caught it up all ready to take a bite when she remembered that the only place in Avonlea where strawberry apples grew was in the old Blythe orchard on the other side of the Lake of Shining Waters.

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I have seen it gravely remarked, that it was most fortunate that the strawberry began to vary just when gardeners began to attend closely to this plant.

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Supersweet British Strawberries (400g) PS2, Tesco 10/ Grower's Selection British Strawberries (454g) PS2, Asda A PROPER strawberry shape with unblemished skin and a good size.

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Strawberry production has slowed down this year as farmers shifted to fast-growing crops due to lack of planting materials for the homegrown fruit, the municipal agriculture office said on Thursday.