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adjective Referring to a rounded, dark red or occasionally dark green mass or lesion, punctuated by light-coloured dots, which mimic a strawberry (fruit, Euonymus americanus) in colour and/or appearance
Drug slang noun
(1) A regional street term for a depressant
(2) A woman who trades sex for crack or money to buy crack. Also known as a raspberry
ENT noun Strawberry angioma A nasopharyngeal haemangioma may occur in children, causing airway obstruction; rarely, if the blood volume flowing into a haemangioma is large, the arteriovenous shunt may cause cardiac decompensation

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In the future, consumers could benefit from the knowledge gained and genes provided by this new wild strawberry."--By Sharon Durham, ARS.

New strawberry species found in Oregon

In the isolated hearts, the wild strawberry extract was applied at concentrations of 0.06, 0.18, 0.6, and 1.8 mg/100 mL.

Effects of Dietary Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) Leaf Powder on Growth Performance, Body Components and Digestive System of Broiler Chicks

"Because farmers have been cross-breeding and hybridising food crops for centuries to improve traits, they tend to have large complicated genomes but the wild strawberry's is relatively small so we can get access to all of these useful genes comparatively easily," said Dan Sargent of Britain's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Crop Science Initiative, who worked on the project.

Gene codes cracked for strawberries and chocolate

The Susan Boyle cocktail contains vodka, wild strawberry and sour rhubarb liqueurs, blossom water, cranberry juice and mixed berries.

Susan Boyle inspires cocktail that leaves creamy moustache on drinkers

In this study we examined direct, dose-dependent effects of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca, L.) leaves aqueous extract, in two experimental models and animal species, the isolated guinea pig hearts and rat aortic rings.

Cardiovascular effects in vitro of aqueous extract of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca, L.) leaves

The fruit, particularly the wild strawberry, is high in phenolic compounds and substantially increases serum antioxidant levels in humans when eaten.

Wild strawberries

Said to capture the youthful spirit of the Marc by Marc Jacobs line, Daisy opens with wild strawberry, violet leaves and ruby red grapefruit.

Marc Jacobs launches new Daisy fragrance

Reed's firm will plant the Academy roof with wild strawberry, sea thrift, the herb self-heal and stonecrop, a sedum that attracts the endangered Mission Blue Butterfly.

Living roofs: green miracles that also cool buildings

Varieties include Fruit Punch, Wild Strawberry and Triple Berry Twist.

A whole new twist on fruit snacks

Wild strawberry has been utilized extensively in traditional aboriginal medicine.

Fragaria, the strawberry food and medicine

lMark Campion enjoys his first training success as Wild Strawberry (Brian Rouse) wins the claiming handicap at Salisbury.

All Our Yesterdays

For glossy lips like Anna Kournikova, try Maybelline Lip Gloss in Wild Strawberry. This light shimmery pink shade looks great on its own or on top of your favourite lipstick.