Arbutus is a genus of plants belonging to the Ericaceae, or heath order, and comprising a number of small trees and shrubs, natives chiefly of Europe and North America. Arbutus Unedo abounds near the lakes of Killarney, where its fine foliage adds charms to the scenery. The bright red or yellow berries, somewhat like the strawberry, have an unpleasant taste and narcotic properties. The Corsicans make wine from them. The trailing arbutus or may-flower of North America, a plant with fragrant and beautiful blossoms, is Epigaea repens, of the same natural order. Research Arbutus
A berry is a fleshy fruit formed from a monocarpellary or syncarpous ovary, containing one or more seeds each of which is surrounded only by its own hardened seed coat at dispersal. The fruit of the orange is a berry, for example. The name is usually given to fruits in which the calyx is adherent to the ovary and the placentas are parietal, the seeds finally separating from the placenta and lying loose in the pulp. The term, however, is frequently used to include fruits in which the ovary is free and the placentas central, as the grape. Popularly it is applied to fruits like the strawberry, bearing external seeds on a pulpy receptacle, but not strictly berries.
In botany, an etaerio or eterio is a collection of distinct indehiscent carpels, either dry upon a fleshy receptacle as the strawberry, or dry upon a dry receptacle as the ranunculus, or fleshy upon a dry receptacle as the raspberry, the parts being small drupes. Research Etaerio
Harpalus is a genus of over sixty species beetles of the ground beetle family, Carabidae. They vary greatly in size from 4 to 17 mm in length, but all have a similar body form - long oval or straight-sided, relatively short legs and only moderately long antennae. They live in dry, sandy localities where they hunt prey and also eat the seeds of umbelliferous plants including the strawberry. Research Harpalus
Kiekie (Freycinetia Banksii) is a New Zealand shrub belonging to the family Pandanaceae. It climb to a considerable height, and bears a large quantity of berries crowded on a spadix. The young spadices are made into a jelly, which has a strawberry-like flavour. Research Kiekie
The Russian Heavy Draft is a Ukranian breed of heavy horse developed around 1860 at Khrenov and Derkul where local mares were bred with imported Ardennes stallions. The Russian Heavy Draft stands 14.3 hands high and is usually chestnut in colour, strawberry roam or bay coloured. The breed is renowned for its strong pulling ability and fast gait when walking or trotting, which coupled with their excellent temperament makes them popular riding horses. Research Russian Heavy Draft
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