strawberry blite
- noun
- /ˈstrɔːbɛri blaɪt/
- UK
:
blite de fresa
- The gardener pointed out the strawberry blite, noting its bright red berries among the green foliage.
Examples
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In some regions, strawberry blite is foraged for its edible leaves and fruit.
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After learning to identify strawberry blite, she added it to her list of wild edibles.
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The strawberry blite is often found in gardens.
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I saw a strawberry blite growing near the path.
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After learning to identify strawberry blite, she added it to her list of wild edibles.
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In some regions, strawberry blite is foraged for its edible leaves and fruit.
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The gardener pointed out the strawberry blite, noting its bright red berries among the green foliage.
Synonyms
A small plant that lives for one year with red berrylike fruit and edible leaves
A European annual plant with greenish flower clusters and small red, berry-like fruits
A European plant that lives for one year with small green flowers and bright red berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
strawberry + blite
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'strawberry' modifies 'blite' to indicate a blite with strawberry-like, red pulpy fruit; this composition is directly derivable from the constituents and follows common compounding patterns. Although 'blite' is a rare/obscure word often missing from dictionaries (so many learners may not know it), if a B1 learner did know both constituents they could infer the plant sense transparently.
Etymology
The plant name strawberry blite comes from its bright red, soft berries that look like tiny strawberries growing on a green, leafy plant once called blite. So the name helps you remember that this wild plant makes red, edible fruit even though it is not a 'true strawberry'.
