mulberry 
mulberry
Definition
mul·berry (mul′ber′ē, -bər ē)
noun pl. -·ries
- any of a genus (Morus) of shrubs and trees of the mulberry family, with milky juice and multiple false fruits which resemble the fruits of the raspberry
- the edible fruit
- a dark purplish red
Etymology: ME mulberie, dissimilated var. of murberie < OE morberie < L morum, mulberry, blackberry < IE base *moro-, blackberry (> Gr moron, mulberry, blackberry) + OE berie, berry
adjective
designating a family (Moraceae, order Urticales) of dicotyledonous plants of wide horticultural and economic importance, including the fig and breadfruit trees
mulberry
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: The grass slopes either side of the stream have scattered trees, including a mulberry, tulip trees and a swamp cypress.
Adjective modifier
- white: Indulge your hands with this cleansing and skin pampering fusion of white mulberry and crisp essential oils.
- ripe: Mulberry Jam Unless very ripe Mulberries are used, the jam will have an acid taste.
Modifies a noun
- bush: The original Mulberry Bush, of ' Here we go around a mulberry bush ' fame is inside Wakefield High Security Prison.
- tree: I trust these are tokens of the Lord's presence among us - " a movement in the top of the mulberry trees... .
- leave: We were allowed to pick mulberry leaves from a tree on the lawn to feed our silk worms.
- paper: Attached between each page is a thin sheet of mulberry paper to protect your photos.
- leaf: Mark Twain 23 Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
- harbor: The mulberry harbor was a prefabricated port made of concrete sections built along the Thames prior to D-Day.
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