Definition of: strawberry

(strô′ber′ē, -bər·ē) noun plural ·ries
1. The edible fruit of any plant of the genus Fragaria, technically neither a fruit nor a berry, but an enlarged fleshy achene receptacle.
2. The plant that bears this fruit, a stemless perennial of the rose family, with radical trifoliolate leaves, usually white flowers on scapes, and slender runners by which it propagates: also strawberry vine. [OE strēaw straw + BERRY]