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Why do they call a strawberry a strawberry?

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Researchers say the origin of the name is uncertain, but it is possibly is a corruption of "strewn berry", as a strawberry plant produced runners looking like its berries were strewn about the ground. Another thought is that the seeds on the surface resemble bits of straw.

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