barren strawberry

barren strawberry
a low-growing plant, Waldsteinia fragarioides, of the rose family, native to north temperate regions, having long stalks with three toothed leaflets and yellow flowers.
[1890-95, Amer.; so called because the fruit is dry and inedible]

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