mulberry
See also: Mulberry
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) and partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”). Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mulberry (plural mulberries)
- (botany) 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.
- 1837, Luigi Tinelli, Hints on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, with Some General Observations on the Production of Silk, page 39:
- 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 […]
- 2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN)
- A dark purple colour tinted with red.
- mulberry:
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from mulberry
- African mulberry (Morus mesozygia)
- Australian mulberry (Hedycarya angustifolia)
- black mulberry (Morus mesozygia)
- Chinese mulberry (Morus spp. and Maclura tricuspidata)
- common mulberry (Morus alba)
- fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus)
- French mulberry (Callicarpa americana)
- Himalayan mulberry (Morus serrata)
- Indian mulberry (Morinda spp.)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the tree
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the fruit
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the colour
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AdjectiveEdit
mulberry (comparative more mulberry, superlative most mulberry)
- Of a dark purple color tinted with red.
TranslationsEdit
of a dark purple color tinted with red
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- mulberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Morus (Moraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies