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earthberry
Earthberry (noun) means a berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit).
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A berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit)
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Etymology
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, Dutch aardbei, Danish jordbær, etc. Compare Old English eorþberġe (“strawberry”, literally “earthberry”). Also compare Polish poziomka, Russian земляни́ка (zemljaníka) (related to земля́ (zemljá)).
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"earthberry" (noun) means a berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit).