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Fragaria ananassa

Fragaria ananassa

7.1
A garden strawberry plant grown for its large edible red fruit
  • noun
  • /frəˈɡɛəriə əˈnænəsə/
  • Specialized
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  • The fruit of Fragaria ananassa is prized for its sweetness and bright red color.

Examples

  • Gardeners often select Fragaria ananassa varieties for their large, juicy strawberries.

  • The Fragaria ananassa plants thrive in well-drained soil.

  • Fragaria ananassa is the species most commonly grown for commercial strawberry production worldwide.

  • I love eating Fragaria ananassa in the summer.

  • Fragaria ananassa is the species of strawberry that gardeners prefer for its sweet and flavorful fruit.

  • You can find many delicious desserts made with Fragaria ananassa during the summer months.

  • In our garden, we planted Fragaria ananassa to enjoy fresh strawberries all season long.

Synonyms

cultivated strawberry
vsFragaria ananassa
2.8

A strawberry plant people grow for its large fruit you can eat

is the formal scientific name for that widely grown species
garden strawberry
vsFragaria ananassa
1.0

A low plant that makes sweet red fruit people eat fresh or in desserts

focuses on species identity rather than culinary use

Surface Forms

Fragaria ananassa singular
Fragaria ananassas plural

Morphology

Fragaria + ananassa

This is a Latin binomial: 'Fragaria' identifies the strawberry genus so a learner who knows that constituent can infer the phrase denotes a species of strawberry, but 'ananassa' is not an English lexical item and does not transparently convey the specific sense 'cultivated/garden strawberry'. The taxonomic naming convention gives a partial compositional cue but not the precise common meaning, making the expression only partly predictable.

Etymology

Fragaria ananassa may come from two old words: Fragaria meaning strawberry and ananassa from the word 'ananas', the old name for 'pineapple', because early growers thought the new garden strawberry smelled a little like a pineapple. That's why the name is used today for the common garden strawberry grown for its sweet, edible fruit.