mulberry

Etymology

From Middle English Mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberiġe (“mulberry”) and partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”). Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlbɛɹi/

Noun

mulberry (plural mulberries)

1. Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruit
2. the fruit of this tree
3. a dark purple colour tinted with red.

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Adjective

mulberry (comparative more mulberry, superlative most mulberry)

1. Of a dark purple colour tinted with red.

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