strawberry

== English == === 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 strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/, [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi] (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɒˌbɛɹi/ Hyphenation: straw‧ber‧ry === Noun === strawberry (countable and uncountable, plural strawberries) The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit). The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus) A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red. (rare) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus). strawberry marks (US, slang) A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine. A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit. ==== Synonyms ==== earthberry (rare) strawb (informal, rare) ==== Hypernyms ==== fruit berry ==== Meronyms ==== (fruit): anthocyanin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === strawberry (comparative strawberrier, superlative strawberriest) Containing or having the flavor of strawberries. Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries. Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products. ==== Synonyms ==== strawberryish strawberrylike ==== Translations ==== === Verb === strawberry (third-person singular simple present strawberries, present participle strawberrying, simple past and past participle strawberried) (intransitive) To gather strawberries. (intransitive) To turn a dark pinkish-red. === See also === arbutus Carolina allspice hautboy === References === “strawberry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “strawberry”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. strawberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Fragaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Fragaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “strawberry n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.