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 color
Origin of mulberry
Middle English mulberie, dissimilated variant, variety of murberie from Old English morberie from Classical Latin morum, mulberry, blackberry from Indo-European base an unverified form moro-, blackberry (from source Classical Greek moron, mulberry, blackberry) + Old English berie, berry designating a family (Moraceae, order Urticales) of dicotyledonous plants of wide horticultural and economic importance, including the fig and breadfruit trees
