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mulberry

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English

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Mulberries on a tree, with a caterpillar.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmulbery,molberye,murberie, partly fromOld Englishmōrberġe(“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly fromMiddle Low Germanmulbere(“mulberry”). CompareDutchmoerbezie,moerbei(“mulberry”),GermanMaulbeere(“mulberry”).

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Noun

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mulberry (countable anduncountable,pluralmulberries)

  1. (countable) Any of severaltrees, of the genusMorus, having ediblefruits.
    • 1837, Luigi Tinelli,Hints on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, with Some General Observations on the Production of Silk, page39:
      Different qualities of theMulberry. Among the different species of theMulberry, 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.
    • 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, inRailway Magazine, page729:
      Beyond the south end of the lake, the route lies across the plain of Lombardy, where themulberry trees are evidence of the silk industry.
  3. (countable) Thefruit of this tree.
    • 2010, Geoff Stebbings,Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN:
      You can also make good jam withmulberries, 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[…]
  4. A dark purplecolour tinted with red.
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Translations

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the tree
the fruit
the colour

Adjective

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mulberry (comparativemoremulberry,superlativemostmulberry)

  1. Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

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of a dark purple color tinted with red

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