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STRAWBERRY TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strawberry tree mean? 

STRAWBERRY TREE (noun)
  The noun STRAWBERRY TREE has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minorplay

  Familiarity information: STRAWBERRY TREE used as a noun is very rare.


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STRAWBERRY TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arbutus unedo; Irish strawberry; strawberry tree

Hypernyms ("strawberry tree" is a kind of...):

arbutus (any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America)


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