Definition of STRAWBERRY

strawberry

Meanings

Plural: strawberries

Noun

  • sweet fleshy red fruit
  • 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
  • a soft red birthmark
  • 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.
  • Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).
  • A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.

Adj

  • 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.

Verb

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

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ster-
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *strew-der.
Proto-Germanic *strawą
Proto-West Germanic *strau
Old English strēaw
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe
Old English strēawberġe
Middle English strawbery
English strawberry
From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. The term may derive from the practice (still common in parts of Europe) of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.

Synonyms

earthberry, hemangioma simplex, strawb, strawberry mark, strawberryish, strawberrylike

Scrabble Score: 18

strawberry is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
strawberry is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
strawberry is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

strawberry is a valid Words With Friends word