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mulberry

mul·berry

UK/ˈmʌlbəɹi/ US/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

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2.

sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

Origin

From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).

Phrases

  • African mulberry
  • Australian mulberry
  • black mulberry
  • Chinese mulberry
  • common mulberry
  • French mulberry
  • Himalayan mulberry
  • Indian mulberry

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