strawberrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstrɔː.bər.i/us/ˈstrɑːˌber.i/B1 a small juicy red fruit that has small brown seeds on its surface, or the plant with white flowers on which this fruit grows:
fresh strawberries
I thought we'd have strawberries and cream for dessert.
strawberry jam/ice cream/tart
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- We dined on salmon and strawberries.
- We picked lots of strawberries, but we'd eaten half the basket by the time we got home.
- Purée the strawberries in the liquidizer and add the lightly whipped cream.
- That was very extravagant of you to buy strawberries out of season.
- We sat in the garden hulling strawberries.
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- apple
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- cumquat
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- durian
- mango
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- satsuma
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
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