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Added 9 October 2026

strawberry

/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ noun

In Latin: frāgum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about strawberry at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
They went to pick strawberries today.
Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

adjective

Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
I'd like a large strawberry shake.
Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
Of a color similar to the color of strawberries or strawberry-flavored products.
The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.

verb

To gather strawberries.
To turn a dark pinkish-red.

Origin

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.

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