Definition

1. Noun:
   • A sweet fleshy red fruit: A small, soft, red fruit with a surface covered in tiny yellow seeds, known for its sweet flavor and characteristic aroma.
   • The low-growing plant bearing this fruit: A perennial plant of the genus Fragaria, which produces runners, white flowers, and the edible red fruit.
   • A color: A bright red color resembling that of the ripe fruit.
   • A type of birthmark: A soft, red birthmark (a medical usage).

Examples

• Noun (Fruit):
  • She added fresh strawberries to the salad.
  • The strawberry was perfectly ripe and juicy.
• Noun (Plant):
  • We planted strawberries in our garden this spring.
  • The strawberry is sending out many runners.
• Noun (Color):
  • She painted her nails a vibrant strawberry.
• Noun (Birthmark):
  • The infant had a small strawberry on her arm.

Advanced Usage

• "The strawberry leaves": A historical British idiom referring to the symbols of a duke's rank (strawberry leaves were part of the design on a ducal coronet), thus symbolizing the peerage or dukedom itself.
  • He was ambitious for the strawberry leaves.

Variants and Related Words

• Wild strawberry (n): A smaller, uncultivated species of strawberry plant or its fruit ().
• Strawberry blonde (adj/n): A hair color that is a blend of blonde with a reddish or ginger tint.
  • She has beautiful strawberry blonde hair.
• Strawberry mark (n): Another term for a strawberry nevus, the red birthmark.

Synonyms

• Berry (for the fruit category, though not specific).
• Garden strawberry (for the common cultivated plant, ).

Related Phrases

• Strawberry field: An area of land where strawberries are cultivated.
  • We went picking in the strawberry field.
• Strawberry season: The time of year when strawberries are harvested and most readily available.

Noun

1. a soft red birthmark
2. 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
3. sweet fleshy red fruit