straw|ber|ry — «STR BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. a small, juicy, red fruit that is good to eat. It has many tiny, yellow seeds on the skin. 2. the low plant that it grows on. The varieties of strawberry comprise a genus of the rose family … Useful english dictionary
straw — straw; straw·berry; straw·ber·ry·ing; straw·en; straw·ish; straw·less; win·dle·straw; … English syllables
strawberry-raspberry — /straw ber ee raz ber ee, straw beuh ree raz beuh ree/, n. an arching, prickly, Japanese plant, Rubus illecebrosus, of the rose family, having an herbaceous stem, white, fragrant flowers, and large, edible, scarlet fruit. Also called balloon… … Universalium
strawberry-raspberry — /straw ber ee raz ber ee, straw beuh ree raz beuh ree/, n. an arching, prickly, Japanese plant, Rubus illecebrosus, of the rose family, having an herbaceous stem, white, fragrant flowers, and large, edible, scarlet fruit. Also called balloon… … Useful english dictionary
strawberry — /straw ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. strawberries. 1. the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior. See illus. under achene. 2. the… … Universalium
strawberry — straw|ber|ry S3 [ˈstro:bəri US ˈstro:beri, bəri] n plural strawberries [: Old English; Origin: streawberige, from streaw ( STRAW) + berige berry ; perhaps because the seeds look like small pieces of straw] a soft red juicy fruit with small seeds… … Dictionary of contemporary English
strawberry gallbladder — straw·ber·ry gallbladder strȯ .ber ē , brē n an abnormal condition characterized by the deposition of cholesterol in the lining of the gallbladder in a pattern resembling the surface of a strawberry * * * a strawberrylike appearance of the… … Medical dictionary
strawberry — straw|ber|ry [ strɔ,beri ] noun count * a small soft red fruit with a lot of very small seeds on its skin: a bowl of strawberries and ice cream strawberry jelly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
strawberrying — straw·ber·ry·ing … English syllables
strawberry — straw•ber•ry [[t]ˈstrɔˌbɛr i, bə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior 2) pln the plant itself • … From formal English to slang