Толковый словарь английского языка - strawberry
Strawberry
strawberry
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface Date: before 12th century 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, a plant whose fruits are strawberries
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a any plant of the genus Fragaria, esp. any of various cultivated varieties, with white flowers, trifoliate leaves, and runners. b the pulpy red edible fruit of this, having a seed-studded surface. 2 a deep pinkish-red colour. Phrases and idioms strawberry blonde 1 pinkish-blonde hair. 2 a woman with such hair. strawberry mark a soft reddish birthmark. strawberry pear 1 a W. Indian cactaceous plant, Hylocereus undatus. 2 the fruit of this. strawberry roan see ROAN(1). strawberry-tree an evergreen tree, Arbutus unedo, bearing strawberry-like fruit. Etymology: OE strea(w)berige, streowberige (as STRAW, BERRY): reason for the name unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 2359 | |
2 | 2045 | |
3 | 1353 | |
4 | 1228 | |
5 | 1226 | |
6 | 1167 | |
7 | 1146 | |
8 | 1027 | |
9 | 1003 | |
10 | 945 | |
11 | 934 | |
12 | 906 | |
13 | 848 | |
14 | 839 | |
15 | 820 | |
16 | 819 | |
17 | 753 | |
18 | 728 | |
19 | 697 | |
20 | 659 |