any moraceous tree of the temperate genus Morus, having edible blackberry-like fruit, such as M. alba (white mulberry), the leaves of which are used to feed silkworms the fruit of any of these trees any of several similar or related trees, such as the paper mulberry and Indian mulberry a dark purple colour (as adjective): a mulberry dress
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mul•ber•ry /ˈmʌlˌbɛri, -bəri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Plant Biologya purplish berrylike fruit that can be eaten.
- Plant Biologya tree giving or growing this fruit.
mul•ber•ry
(mul′ber′ē, -bə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries.
- Plant Biologythe edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
- Plant Biologya tree of this genus, as M. rubra (red mulberry or American mulberry)bearing dark-purple fruit, M. nigra (black mulberry) bearing dark-colored fruit, or M. alba (white mulberry)bearing nearly white fruit and having leaves used as food for silkworms. Cf. mulberry family.
- Latin mōrum mulberry) + berie berry
- Middle English mulberie, dissimilated variant of murberie, Old English mōrberie, equivalent. to mōr- (1225–75
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'mulberry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American mulberry
- French mulberry
- Indian mulberry
- Osage orange
- al
- banyan
- black mulberry
- breadfruit
- breadnut
- contrayerva
- ficus
- fig
- fruit
- fustic
- jackfruit
- moraceous
- morula
- mulberry family
- murrey
- paper mulberry
- ramon
- red mulberry
- rubber plant
- silkworm
- sorosis
- sycamine
- sycamore
- tapa
- trumpet-tree
- upas
- weeping fig
- white mulberry