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mulberry definition

mul·berry (mul′ber′ē, -bər ē)

noun pl. mulberries -·ries

  1. 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
  2. the edible fruit
  3. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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