Cereus-validus wrote:


They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the
plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot
prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery
at all.

More mystery than you apparently think.
If your story is correct, how do you explain that they were called
strawberries before Columbus sailed to America and before anyone in
Europe knew that native Americans existed?
I'll admit that perhaps the exact spelling of strawberry wasn't set
until a little later but the name was there.
I know that some people believe they were once called stray berries
perhaps because their runners let them stray away from the patch
where they were planted. When people started mulching with straw,
the name slowly evolved into strawberry.
I wasn't there so I don't know. ;-)

Steve