: the juicy edible usually red fruit of any of several low-growing temperate herbs (genus Fragaria) of the rose family that is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes on its surface
especially: a hybrid (Fragaria ananassa) that is the source of most cultivated strawberries
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The new Pop-Tarts will have 10 grams of protein per serving in different flavors such as brown sugar cinnamon, strawberry, and blueberry.—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025 For instance, try dipping apples or strawberries in chocolate or eating a handful of walnuts with chocolate chips and raisins.—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025 No This cult-favorite French preserve calendar is packed with 24 mini jars of yummy jams—strawberry and passion fruit, wild blueberry with maple syrup, caramel with vanilla.—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025 The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation is also part of this Haunted Corn Maze, which turns the strawberry fields into a terrifying labyrinth.—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strawberry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of strawberry was
before the 12th century
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