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mulberry

(mʌlbəri, US -beri)
Word forms: plural mulberries
variable noun
A mulberry or a mulberry tree is a tree which has small purple berries which you can eat.
Mulberries are the fruit of a mulberry tree.

mulberry in British English

(ˈmʌlbərɪ, -brɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ries
1. 
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
2. 
the fruit of any of these trees
3. 
any of several similar or related trees, such as the paper mulberry and Indian mulberry
4. 
a. 
a dark purple colour
b. 
(as adjective)
a mulberry dress
Word origin
C14: from Latin mōrum, from Greek moron; related to Old English mōrberie; compare Dutch moerbezie, Old High German mūrberi

mulberry in American English

(ˈmʌlˌbɛri; ˈmʌlbəri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈmulˌberries
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
adjective
4. 
designating a family (Moraceae, order Urticales) of dicotyledonous plants of wide horticultural and economic importance, including the fig and breadfruit trees
Word origin
ME mulberie, dissimilated var. of murberie < OE morberie < L morum, mulberry, blackberry < IE base *moro-, blackberry (> Gr moron, mulberry, blackberry) + OE berie, berry

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Examples of 'mulberry' in a sentence
mulberry

May the branches of this mulberry tree spread.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He predicts that this spring mulberry leaves will go to four dollars a load!
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
My ideal mulberry tree would go on a lawn, like a big apple tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
WHEN is the best time to prune a mulberry tree?
The Sun (2012)
I once had access to mulberry trees and regularly made mulberry gin.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Between the outbuildings, we glimpsed tables and chairs set out beneath a canopy of mulberry trees in the courtyard.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I know a number of women who would like to clamber naked up a mulberry tree and eat his fruit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When should I remove a crossing branch from my mulberry tree?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Those days under the mulberry trees in Camp 70 were very special for me and many others.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
In our yard, we have a small mulberry tree, which typically bears a dark purple and very sweet berry.
Christianity Today (2000)
Then the fifteen loads of leaves from our own mulberry trees would have been enough, and we wouldn'thave had to borrow!
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
And I've found a great tea that comes from their local mulberry tree.
The Sun (2016)
The ceiling is covered by images of a lavish canopy of mulberry trees, which are a symbol of wisdom, and a gold cord on the ceiling.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

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