Chilean Strawberry (Noun)
Meaning
Wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The beach strawberry and the Chilean strawberry are common names for Fragaria chiloensis which grows in a variety of habitats.
- The Chilean strawberry is a type of wild strawberry of western United States and South America that has been a source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries.
- Fragaria chiloensis, or the Chilean strawberry, grows naturally along the coastal ranges of the Pacific coast of North and South America.
- Many of the cultivated strawberries today originated from the Chilean strawberry that was brought back to Europe in the 1700s.
- Fragaria chiloensis is called the Chilean strawberry due to its origins in South America, however it also grew along the west coast of North America.