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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mulberry has 2 senses
- mulberry(n = noun.plant) mulberry tree - any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry; Array has parts: mulberry
- mulberry(n = noun.food) Array - sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus; Array is a kind of berry
is a member of genus morus, morus
has particulars: morus alba, white mulberry, black mulberry, morus nigra, morus rubra, red mulberry
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of mulberry, mulberry tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
mulberry, n. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. , . Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.].
- The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus
Morus ; also, the tree itself. See Morus. [1913 Webster] - A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mulberry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any deciduous tree of the genus Morus, grown originally for feeding silkworms, and now for its fruit and ornamental qualities.
2 its dark-red or white berry.
3 a dark-red or purple colour.
1 any deciduous tree of the genus Morus, grown originally for feeding silkworms, and now for its fruit and ornamental qualities.
2 its dark-red or white berry.
3 a dark-red or purple colour.
Etymology
ME mol-, mool-, mulberry, dissim. f. murberie f. OE morberie, f. L morum: see BERRY
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