also: どくイチゴ
false strawberry; mock strawberry
A plant resembling a strawberry but with inedible fruit; often called 蛇いちご in Japanese.
See also: ヘビイチゴ
A mock strawberry was growing in the garden.
Mock strawberries are not edible.
Standard kanji spelling for this plant name.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling, also used.
Formed from 毒 and 苺. The fruit is not actually poisonous; 毒苺 reflects its traditional reputation as an undesirable or suspect strawberry-like fruit.