Everbearer

/ˈɛvərˌbɛrər/ noun

Definition

A plant, especially a strawberry plant, that produces fruit multiple times throughout the growing season rather than just once.

Etymology

From 'ever' (always, continuously) plus 'bearer' (one who bears or carries). Compound formed in 19th-century horticultural English to describe perpetual-fruiting plants.

Kelly Says

Everbearing strawberries are a horticultural miracle—by breeding out the plant's natural seasonal cues, farmers created a plant that violates its own biology to keep producing fruit, which is why they're slightly less flavorful than 'June-bearing' varieties that follow nature's schedule.

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