Dragon fruit or pitaya. A striking purplish red or yellow fruit from Central America, twice the size of a passion fruit. It is pithy inside with an an unnaturally white sweet jelly with black pinpricks of edible seeds. I think it looks and tastes unnatural.
A name for crappie, a sunfish found in the Great Lakes and Mississippi valley. It has soft, lean white flesh and little flavour.
A strawberry plant is the low-lying plant on which strawberries grow, preceeded by small white flowers before the arrival of luscious fruits just in time for Wimbledon.
Strawberry Blite. A small, red, mulberry-like fruit, this grows on sprawling plants which are primarily grown as greens for salads or used as a herb, though should not be used in quantity. The leaves may also be cooked like spinach but, again, in moderation. The pleasantly sweet but essentially bland berries are small, pulpy and bright red, resembling strawberries. They provide an interesting accent to salads. The is plant prefers cool weather and damp mountain valleys but will tolerate heat. Native Americans used to use it as a dye.
A strawberry tart is a pastry case with sliced strawberries, sometimes with confectioner's cream.It shouldn't have a lid on it.
Cape gooseberry. Physalis. Bitter-sweet, apricot-coloured berries enclosed in papery wraps. It may also be an arbutus berry.
Arbutus berry, the sweet-sour fruit of the strawberry tree.
The straw mushroom is a sought-after species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines. Straw mushrooms are grown on rice straw beds and picked immature, before the caps open.
