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strawberry

/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ noun B1
  1. The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. (countable, uncountable) · They went to pick strawberries today.
  2. Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit). (countable, uncountable) · She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
  3. The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus) (countable, uncountable)
  4. A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)
  6. A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit. (countable, uncountable)

Plural strawberries

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Phillips to sit with the model Minnie Andrews--she found on her desk a big luscious “strawberry apple.” Anne caught it up all ready to take a bite when she remembered that the only place in Avonlea where strawberry apples grew was in the old Blythe orchard on the other side of the Lake of Shining Waters.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 128 · C1
Lynde says she once heard a minister confess that when he was a boy he stole a strawberry tart out of his aunt’s pantry and she never had any respect for that minister again.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 209 · C1
Suddenly he struck against something crouching behind a wheelbarrow filled with leaves; the something rose, uttering an exclamation of astonishment, and Monte Cristo found himself facing a man about fifty years old, who was plucking strawberries, which he was placing upon grape leaves.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 644 · C1
He had twelve leaves and about as many strawberries, which, on rising suddenly, he let fall from his hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 644 · C1

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