strawberry

Meanings

Noun

• The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
• Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
• A dark pinkish red colour, 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.

Adjective

• 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 ripened strawberries.

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• earthberry

Origin

• From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. The word for straw was derived from a verbal participle and thus meant "(that which is) strewn", hence the applicability to berries growing as if they have been “strewn” about the ground.