wood strawberry

5.1

A small wild plant that makes soft sweet red fruit often found in woods

noun
/wʊd ˈstrɔːbəri/

: fresa silvestre

We found ripe wood strawberries along the forest path and picked them for dessert.

Examples

The flavor of a wood strawberry is often considered sweeter than that of cultivated varieties.
I found a patch of wood strawberries in the forest.
In many parts of Europe, wood strawberry plants grow wild in the meadows and woods.
The wood strawberry is known for its sweet flavor.
In many parts of Europe, wood strawberry plants grow wild in the meadows and woods.
We found ripe wood strawberries along the forest path and picked them for dessert.
The flavor of a wood strawberry is often considered sweeter than that of cultivated varieties.

Synonyms

wild strawberry

vswood strawberry

1 1.8

A small sweet red fruit that grows wild on a low plant

is the same species but named for woodland habitat and soft sweet fruit

Fragaria vesca

vswood strawberry

Specialized

8.7

A small wild plant that makes sweet red berries

is the common nontechnical name emphasizing the edible sweet fruit

Surface Forms

wood strawberry singular

wood strawberries plural

Morphology

wood + strawberry

The compound is directly compositional: it denotes a strawberry associated with woods (i.e., a wild/woodland strawberry), so the meaning can be inferred from 'wood' + 'strawberry'. This habitat-based compound pattern is common in English and in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.

Etymology

Wood strawberry comes from the simple picture of tiny red berries growing in the wood among leaves. These little strawberries hide on the ground and taste very sweet, so wood strawberry today means a 'wild' small strawberry found in the woods.