STRAWBERRY

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface Date: before 12th century the juicy edible usually red fruit of any of several low-growing temperate herbs (genus Fragaria ) of the rose family that is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes on its surface, a plant whose fruits are strawberries