About The Word Mulberry
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Mulberry
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What's The Definition Of Mulberry?
[n] sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
[n] any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry Synonyms | Synonyms for Mulberry: mulberry tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Mulberry: See Also | berry | black mulberry | fruit tree | genus Morus | Morus | Morus alba | Morus nigra | Morus rubra | mulberry | mulberry | mulberry tree | red mulberry | white mulberry Mulberry In Webster's Dictionary \Mul"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Mulberries}. [OE. moolbery,
murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum
mulberry; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Murrey}, {Sycamore}.]
1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus
{Morus}; also, the tree itself. See {Morus}.
2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
{Mulberry mass}. (Biol.) See {Morula}.
{Paper mulberry}, a tree ({Broussonetia papyrifera}), related
to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa
cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in
China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen
as a shade tree in America.
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