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Strawberry (other)
Strawberry is commonly the cultivated garden strawberry, ''Fragaria × ananassa''. Strawberry or Strawberries may also refer to: *''Fragaria'', the strawberry genus, or any of its species *Mock strawberry, the plant ''Potentilla indica'' Places *Strawberry, Arizona *Strawberry, Arkansas *Strawberry, El Dorado County, California *Strawberry, Marin County, California *Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California, U.S. *Strawberry, Nevada, a ghost town *Strawberry, South Carolina *Strawberry, Utah *Strawberry Cirque, Antarctica *Strawberry Crater, Arizona, U.S. *Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, California, U.S. *Strawberry Field, a former children's home in Liverpool, England *Strawberry Hill (other), several places *Strawberry Island (Deception Pass, Washington), Island County, Washington, U.S. *Strawberry Island (Rosario Strait, Washington), Skagit County, Washington, U.S. *Strawberry Islands, Door County, Wisconsin, U.S. *Strawberry Lagoon, California, U.S. *Strawberry Line railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strawberry
The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown Hybrid (biology), hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus ''Fragaria'', the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated for its aroma, bright red colour, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is eaten either fresh or in prepared foods such as fruit preserves, jam, ice cream, and chocolates. Artificial strawberry flavourings and aromas are widely used in commercial products. Botanically, the strawberry is not a berry (botany), berry, but an aggregate fruit, aggregate accessory fruit, accessory fruit. Each apparent 'seed' on the outside of the strawberry is actually an achene, a botanical fruit with a seed inside it. The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross of ''Virginia strawberry, F. virginiana'' from eastern North America and ''Fragaria chiloensis, F. chiloensis'', which was brought from Chile by Amédé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
