mulberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
    mulberry tree.
  2. noun sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

WordNet


Mul"ber*ry noun
Etymology
OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. , . Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.
Wordforms
plural Mulberries
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
  2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.

Webster 1913