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MULBERRY
mulberry
(noun) sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
mulberry, mulberry tree
(noun) any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mulberry (plural mulberries)
(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
The fruit of this tree.
A dark purple colour tinted with red.
Adjective
mulberry (comparative more mulberry, superlative most mulberry)
Of a dark purple color tinted with red.
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ber*ry, n.; pl. Mulberries. Etym: [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. Murrey, Sycamore.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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