Mulberries on a tree. Etymology
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From Middle English mulbery , molberye , murberie , partly from Old English mōrberġe ( “ mulberry ” ) (q.v. ), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere ( “ mulberry ” ) . Compare Dutch moerbezie , moerbei ( “ mulberry ” ) , German Maulbeere ( “ mulberry ” ) .
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mulberry (countable and uncountable , plural mulberries )
( countable ) Any of several trees , of the genus Morus , having edible fruits .
1837 , Luigi Tinelli, Hints on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, with Some General Observations on the Production of Silk , page 39 :Different qualities of the Mulberry . Among the different species of the Mulberry , it is ascertained that the Italian, (Morus italica ) is eaten by the silk worm, with eager appetite. It's fruit is very small, and of a pale rose colour.
( countable ) The fruit of this tree.
2010 , Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN :You can also make good jam with mulberries , and they taste great cooked or mixed together with other fruits. Mulberries are rich in sugar with moderate amounts of vitamin C. Their rich colours are a sign that they contain high levels of [ …]
A dark purple colour tinted with red.
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the tree
Ainu: テㇱマニ ( tesmani ) , ツレㇷ゚ニ ( turepni )
Albanian: man (sq)
Arabic: تُوت m ( tūt )
Egyptian Arabic: توت m ( tūt ) ( collective ) , توتة f ( tūta ) (singulative )
Armenian: թթենի (hy) ( tʿtʿeni )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܼܬܵܐ m ( tuta )
Azerbaijani: tut ağacı
Baluchi: please add this translation if you can
Basque: masustondo
Belarusian: шаўко́віца f ( šaŭkóvica )
Bulgarian: черница (bg) f ( černica )
Catalan: morera (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎫᏩ ( guwa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 桑樹 / 桑树 (zh) ( sāngshù )
Czech: moruše (cs) f
Dutch: moerbeiboom (nl) m
Esperanto: moruso , morusarbo , morusujo
Faroese: morberjatræ n
Finnish: mulperipuu (fi) , mulperi (fi)
French: mûrier (fr) , murier (fr) m
Galician: moreira (gl) f
Georgian: თუთა (ka) ( tuta )
German: Maulbeerbaum (de) m
Greek: μουριά (el) f ( mouriá )
Ancient: μορέα f ( moréa ) , συκάμινος ( sukáminos )
Gujarati: શેતૂર ( śetūr )
Hebrew: אוכמן f
Hindi: शहतूत (hi) m ( śahtūt ) , तूत (hi) m ( tūt )
Hungarian: eperfa (hu)
Hunsrik: Maulbeerebaam m
Icelandic: mórberjatré n
Ido: morusiero (io)
Irish: crann maoildeirge m
Italian: moro (it) m , gelso m ( botanical )
Japanese: 桑 (ja) ( くわ, kuwa ) , クワ (ja) ( kuwa )
Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪು ನೇರಳೆ ( uppu nēraḷe )
Korean: 뽕나무 ( ppongnamu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tû (ku) f , dartû (ku) f
Ladino: amorero
Latin: mōrus (la) f
Macedonian: црница f ( crnica ) , дуд m ( dud )
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨ ( nimalan )
Maori: māpere , maupere
Mingrelian: ჯაპი ( ǯaṗi ) , მჟოლი ( mžoli )
Occitan: amora (oc) f , ase (oc) m
Old English: mōrbēam m
Pashto: توت (ps) m ( tut )
Persian: توت (fa) ( tut )
Plautdietsch: Mulbäaboom m
Polish: morwa (pl) f
Portuguese: amoreira (pt) f
Romanian: dud (ro) m
Russian: шелкови́ца (ru) f ( šelkovíca ) , шелко́вица (ru) f ( šelkóvica ) , ту́та (ru) f ( túta ) , ту́товое де́рево (ru) n ( tútovoje dérevo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ду̏д m , му̑рва f
Roman: dȕd (sh) m , mȗrva (sh) f
Sicilian: ceusu (scn) m , censu m , oncesciu m
Slovene: murva (sl)
Spanish: moral (es) m , moro (es)
Svan: თუთა ( tuta ) , ბჟოლა ( bžola )
Swahili: mforsadi , mforosadi
Tajik: марминьон ( marminon )
Thai: หม่อน (th) ( mɔ̀n )
Turkish: dut (tr)
Ukrainian: шовкови́ця f ( šovkovýcja ) , шовко́виця f ( šovkóvycja ) , мо́рва f ( mórva )
Uzbek: maymujon
Vietnamese: dâu (vi) , dâu tằm , dâu ta
Welsh: morwydden f
Zazaki: tuwêr f , tuyêr
the fruit
Afrikaans: moerbei (af)
Albanian: man (sq)
Arabic: تُوت m ( tūt )
Moroccan Arabic: توت ( tūt )
Armenian: թութ (hy) ( tʿutʿ )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܼܬܵܐ m ( tuta )
Azerbaijani: tut (az)
Basque: masusta (eu)
Belarusian: шаўко́віца f ( šaŭkóvica )
Bengali: তুতীর ( tutir )
Bulgarian: черница (bg) f ( černica )
Catalan: móra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 桑椹 (zh) ( sāngshèn )
Czech: moruše (cs) f
Danish: morbær n
Dutch: moerbei (nl) f
Esperanto: moruso , morusbero
Faroese: morber n
Finnish: mulperinmarja
French: mûre (fr) f , mure (fr) f
Galician: amora (gl) f
Georgian: თუთა (ka) ( tuta ) , ბჟოლა ( bžola )
German: Maulbeere (de) f
Greek: μούρο (el) n ( moúro )
Ancient: μόρον n ( móron ) , συκάμινον n ( sukáminon )
Haitian Creole: sikomò
Hebrew: תות (he) ( tut )
Hindi: शहतूत (hi) ( śahtūt ) , तूत (hi) ( tūt )
Hungarian: faeper (hu) , eper (hu)
Hunsrik: Maulbeer f
Icelandic: mórber n
Ido: moruso (io)
Indonesian: bebesaran (id) , murbei (id)
Irish: maoildearg f
Italian: mora (it) f
Japanese: クワの実 ( kuwa no mi )
Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪು ನೇರಳೆ ( uppu nēraḷe )
Korean: 오디 (ko) ( odi )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: توو ( tû )
Northern Kurdish: tû (ku) f
Lao: ປໍສາ ( pǭ sā )
Latin: mōrum (la) n
Low German: Muulbeer f
Macedonian: црница f ( crnica ) , дудинка f ( dudinka )
Malay: mulberi
Maltese: tut m , tuta f
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨ ( nimalan )
Maori: māpere , maupere
Marathi: तुतीचे झाड m ( tutīce jhāḍ )
Mingrelian: ჯაპი ( ǯaṗi ) , მჟოლი ( mžoli )
Norwegian: morbær n
Occitan: amora (oc) f
Old English: mōrberġe f
Ossetian: тута ( tuta )
Pashto: توت (ps) m ( tut )
Persian: توت (fa) ( tut ) , شاتوت ( šâtut )
Plautdietsch: Mulbäa f
Polish: morwa (pl) f
Portuguese: amora (pt) f
Romanian: dudă (ro) f
Romansch: mura f
Russian: шелкови́ца (ru) f ( šelkovíca ) , шелко́вица (ru) f ( šelkóvica ) , тут (ru) m ( tut )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ду̏д m , му̑рва f
Roman: dȕd (sh) m , mȗrva (sh) f
Sicilian: ceusu (scn) m , censu m , oncesciu m
Slovene: murva (sl)
Spanish: mora (es) f
Svan: თუთა ( tuta ) , ბჟოლა ( bžola )
Swahili: forsadi , forosadi
Swedish: mullbär (sv) n
Tagalog: moras
Tajik: тут (tg) ( tut )
Thai: หม่อน (th) ( mɔ̀n )
Tongan: fuamelie
Turkish: dut (tr)
Ukrainian: шовкови́ця f ( šovkovýcja ) , шовко́виця f ( šovkóvycja ) , мо́рва f ( mórva ) ( collective )
Urdu: شہتوت ( śahtūt ) , توت ( tūt )
Venetian: moraro (vec)
Vietnamese: dâu (vi) , dâu tằm , dâu ta
Welsh: mwyar Mair
Yagnobi: тут ( tut )
Zazaki: tuy (diq) f , tuw f or c
Zazaki: tuw f or c pl
Adjective
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mulberry (comparative more mulberry , superlative most mulberry )
Of a dark purple color tinted with red. Translations
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of a dark purple color tinted with red
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