strawberry tree

  • 11strawberry tree — noun small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor • Syn: ↑Irish strawberry, ↑Arbutus unedo • Hypernyms: ↑arbutus …

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  • 12strawberry tree — straw′berry tree n. pln an evergreen tree, Arbutus unedo, of the heath family, native to S Europe, bearing a scarlet, strawberrylike fruit …

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  • 13strawberry tree — noun Date: 15th century a small European evergreen tree (Arbutus unedo) of the heath family with racemose white flowers and fruits resembling strawberries …

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  • 14strawberry tree — an evergreen shrub or tree, Arbutus unedo, of the heath family, native to southern Europe, bearing a scarlet, strawberrylike fruit. [1400 50; late ME] * * * …

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  • 15strawberry tree — noun an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland …

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  • 16Strawberry — Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of… …

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  • 17Strawberry bass — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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  • 18Strawberry blite — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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  • 19Strawberry borer — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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  • 20Strawberry bush — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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