strawberry

strawberry
strawberry (n.) O.E. streawberige, from streaw "straw" (see STRAW (Cf. straw)) + berige "berry" (see BERRY (Cf. berry)). There is no corresponding compound in any other Germanic language; the reason for the name is uncertain, but perhaps it is in reference to the tiny chaff-like external seeds which cover the fruit. A cognate Old English name was eorðberge "earth-berry" (Cf. Mod.Ger. erdbeere). Strawberry blonde is attested from 1884.

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