wild strawberry
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- noun
- /waɪld ˈstrɔːbəri/
- UK
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- I also picked a handful of tiny wild strawberries and splashed them with a little balsamic dressing.
- tiny wild strawberries
- sweet wild strawberries
- wild strawberry plant
And then I ate that wild strawberry, the hot baguette, the oyster right out of the water.
- And then I ate that wild strawberry, the hot baguette, the oyster right out of the water.
Examples
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It was blueberry time, and here and there one might also find wild strawberries.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sun was already high when Grandma One Rock woke them to a big breakfast of black coffee, cornmeal mush, ham, sugared frybread, and a big bowl of tiny, fresh-picked wild strawberries.
Fiction book (1993) -
I like the taste of wild strawberries.
Blog text (30) -
Around them were wild strawberries, blue flowers, acorns, and the pale growth of late summer.
Fiction book (1996) -
Little girls, with handkerchiefs tied over their heads, were running about on the banks selling birchbark baskets filled with wild strawberries.
Fiction book (1992) -
The night of the wedding, they had a huge bonfire in the back, a keg of beer, barbecued chicken, hummus and pita bread, and wild strawberries.
Fiction book (1996) -
While walking in the woods, we stumbled upon a patch of wild strawberries ripe for picking.
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The wild strawberry is a favorite treat for children during summer hikes in the countryside.
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She made a delicious jam using freshly picked wild strawberries from the garden.
Synonyms
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A small juicy fruit used in desserts and jams
A small wild plant that makes sweet red berries
A small wild plant that makes soft sweet red fruit often found in woods
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a strawberry that grows naturally/not cultivated' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wild' (living naturally, not domesticated) with 'strawberry' (the fruit/plant). This straightforward adjective–noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended referent (including the typical smaller wild species).
Etymology
Wild strawberry comes from the simple picture of a small strawberry that grows 'wild' in fields or woods, not planted in a garden. So the name refers to the tiny, very sweet red fruit and the plant it grows on.