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Definition of Beach strawberry
1. Noun. Wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries.
Group relationships: Fragaria, Genus Fragaria
Generic synonyms: Strawberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beach Strawberry
Literary usage of Beach strawberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1915)
"He turned these plants over to AJ Monroe of Eureka, and from him Albert F.
Etter of Briceland, California, obtained the strain of Peruvian beach strawberry ..."
2. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1891)
"It is somewhat of the size and shape of a banana (hence its American name), of
a sweetish taste, slightly reminding one of a fig.* The "beach strawberry" ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"Albert F. Etter, of Briceland, Calif., told of ha work in strawberry breeding,
in which he has crossed commercial varieties with the beach strawberry of the ..."
4. The Wild Flowers of California, Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1897)
"BEACH-STRAWBERRY. Fragaria Chilensis, Ehrhart. Rose Family. Hab.—The coast, from
Alaska to San Francisco and southward. This beautiful strawberry is found ..."
5. Pages from a Garden Note-book by Francis King (1921)
"The ground beneath and around is covered with the purple- flowering Verbena venosa
and the beach strawberry native about San Francisco. ..."
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