Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of perennial herbs with creeping stolons, of the natural order Rosaceœ, the fruit of which is known as the strawberry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun a genus of plants comprising the strawberry plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun strawberries
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Examples
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Strawberries take their name from the Latin word, "fragaria," meaning fragrant.
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"Attenuation of meal-induced inflammatory and thrombotic responses in overweight men and women after 6-week daily strawberry fragaria intake."
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The marauders were a loose-knit band of activists called the Fragaria Freedom Fighters fragaria being Latin for strawberry.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The marauders were a loose-knit band of activists called the Fragaria Freedom Fighters fragaria being Latin for strawberry.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The marauders were a loose-knit band of activists called the Fragaria Freedom Fighters fragaria being Latin for strawberry.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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That the strawberry should belong to the rose family, and that its botanical name should be fragaria, from the Latin fragro, to smell sweetly, will seem both natural and appropriate.
Success with Small Fruits Edward Payson Roe 1863
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This lateral or lineal generation of plants, not only obtains in the buds of trees, which continue to adhere to them, but is beautifully seen in the wires of knot-grass, polygonum aviculare, and in those of strawberries, fragaria vesca.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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(vitis vinifera), Raspberry extract (rubus idaeus), Strawberry extract (fragaria chiloensis),
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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This plant has fruited also in England, but doubts are entertained of its being really a fragaria, By Dr. Smith it is termed a potentilla.)
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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