A berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit)
Origin
From earth + berry. First attested in the 1800s, mostly in texts about or translated from German or other languages which use similar terms, of which it is likely a calque: German Erdbeere, Danish jordbær, etc. Compare Old English eorþberġe.
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