also: どくイチゴ
noun
false strawberry; mock strawberry
A plant resembling a strawberry but with inedible fruit; often called 蛇いちご in Japanese.
See also: 蛇いちご
庭に毒苺が生えていた。
A mock strawberry was growing in the garden.
毒苺は食べられない。
Mock strawberries are not edible.
蛇いちご is the more common Japanese name for the same plant; 毒苺 is a less frequent synonym.
Compound of 毒 (doku, 'poison') and 苺 (ichigo, 'strawberry'), referring to its inedible fruit.