barren strawberry

noun

1

: a low herb (Waldsteinia fragarioides) resembling a strawberry and having yellow flowers and dry fruits

2

a

British : a cinquefoil (Potentilla fragariastrum) with hairy carpels

b

: rough cinquefoil

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