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Mulberry

Mulberry Meaning & Definition
Mulberry Definition And Meaning

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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