STRAWBERRY

[straw.ber.ry] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE streawberige, fr. streaw straw + berige berry; perh. fr. the appearance of the achenes on the surface] (bef. 12c): the juicy edible usu. 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; also: a plant whose fruits are strawberries