mulberry

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US/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/UK/ˈmʌlbəɹi/UK/ˈmʌlbɹi/

noun

Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.

Similar
mulberry tree
OriginMiddle English mulbery ← Old English mōrberġe ← Middle Low German mulbere →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

mulberry1

nounmulberry (countable and uncountable, plural mulberries)

plural mulberries

  1. countableAny of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.

    Beyond the south end of the lake, the route lies across the plain of Lombardy, where the mulberry trees are evidence of the silk industry.

    1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 729
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    Different qualities of the Mulberry. Among the different species of the Mulberry, it is ascertained that the Italian, (Morus italica) is eaten by the silk worm, with eager appetite. It's fruit is very small, and of a pale rose colour.

    1837, Luigi Tinelli, Hints on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, with Some General Observations on the Production of Silk, page 39
  2. countableThe fruit of this tree.

    You can also make good jam with mulberries, and they taste great cooked or mixed together with other fruits. Mulberries are rich in sugar with moderate amounts of vitamin C. Their rich colours are a sign that they contain high levels of […]

    2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
  3. countableuncountableA dark purple colour tinted with red.
adjectivemulberry (comparative more mulberry, superlative most mulberry)

comparative more mulberry · superlative most mulberry

  1. Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

Mulberry2

proper nounMulberry (countable and uncountable, plural Mulberrys)

plural Mulberrys

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Chilton County, Alabama.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Crenshaw County, Alabama.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
    5. countableuncountableA city in Polk County, Florida.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Barrow County, Georgia, named for mulberry trees.
    7. countableuncountableA town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
    8. countableuncountableA minor city in Crawford County, Kansas.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina.
    11. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, named for mulberry trees.
    12. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
    13. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
    14. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.
    15. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
    16. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Fannin County, Texas.
    17. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Mulberry Township.
  3. countableuncountableA tiny hamlet in Lanivet parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0266).

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
mulberry tree
Broader
fruit tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

mulberry · noun, adjective

  1. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  2. Latinmōrus
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi
  4. Middle Low Germanmulbere“mulberry”
  5. Old Englishmōrberġe“mulberry”
  6. Middle Englishmulbery
  7. Englishmulberry

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”).

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Mulberry · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ Maoilbhearaigh“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”
  2. EnglishMulberry

Two main origins of surname: * A variant of Mowbray, altered by folk etymology. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilbhearaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”).

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Translations

Afrikaans moerbei
  • moerbeithe fruit
Ancient Greek μορέα, συκάμινος
  • μορέα (moréa)the tree
  • συκάμινος (sukáminos)the tree
  • μόρον (móron)the fruit
  • συκάμινον (sukáminon)the fruit
  • μόρινος (mórinos)of a dark purple color tinted with red
Arabic تُوت, تُوت
  • تُوت (tūt)the tree
  • تُوت (tūt)the fruit
Basque masustondo, masusta
  • masustondothe tree
  • masustathe fruit
Bengali তুতীর
  • তুতীর (tutir)the fruit
Bulgarian черни́ца, черни́ца
  • черни́ца (černíca)the tree
  • черни́ца (černíca)the fruit
  • черни́чев (černíčev)of a dark purple color tinted with red
Catalan morera, móra
  • morerathe tree
  • mórathe fruit
  • moratthe colour
Chinese Mandarin 桑樹 /桑树, 桑椹
  • 桑樹 /桑树 (sāngshù)the tree
  • 桑椹 (sāngshèn)the fruit
Czech moruše, moruše
  • morušethe tree
  • morušethe fruit
Danish morbær
  • morbærthe fruit
Dutch moerbeiboom, moerbei
  • moerbeiboomthe tree
  • moerbeithe fruit
Esperanto moruso, morusarbo
  • morusothe tree
  • morusarbothe tree
  • morusujothe tree
  • morusothe fruit
  • morusberothe fruit
Estonian mooruspuumari
  • mooruspuumarithe fruit
Finnish mulperipuu, mulperi
  • mulperipuuthe tree
  • mulperithe tree
  • mulperinmarjathe fruit
French mûrier, murier
  • mûrierthe tree
  • murierthe tree
  • mûrethe fruit
  • murethe fruit
  • mûre écraséethe colour
German Maulbeerbaum, Maulbeere
  • Maulbeerbaumthe tree
  • Maulbeerethe fruit
Greek μουριά, μούρο
  • μουριά (mouriá)the tree
  • μούρο (moúro)the fruit
Hebrew אוכמן, תות
  • אוכמןthe tree
  • תות (tut)the fruit
Hindi शहतूत, तूत
  • शहतूत (śahtūt)the tree
  • तूत (tūt)the tree
  • शहतूत (śahtūt)the fruit
  • तूत (tūt)the fruit
Hungarian eperfa, faeper
  • eperfathe tree
  • faeperthe fruit
  • eperthe fruit
Icelandic mórberjatré, mórber
  • mórberjatréthe tree
  • mórberthe fruit
Indonesian bebesaran, murbei
  • bebesaranthe fruit
  • murbeithe fruit
Irish crann maoildeirge, maoildearg
  • crann maoildeirgethe tree
  • maoildeargthe fruit
Italian moro, gelso
  • morothe tree
  • gelsothe tree
  • morathe fruit
Japanese 桑, クワ
  • 桑 (kuwa)the tree
  • クワ (kuwa)the tree
  • クワの実 (kuwa no mi)the fruit
  • 桑色 (kuwairo)the colour
  • 桑の実色 (kuwanomiiro)the colour
Korean 뽕나무, 오디
  • 뽕나무 (ppongnamu)the tree
  • 오디 (odi)the fruit
Latin mōrus, mōrum
  • mōrusthe tree
  • mōrumthe fruit
Lithuanian šilkmedis, šil̃kuogė
  • šilkmedisthe tree
  • šil̃kuogėthe fruit
Malay mulberi
  • mulberithe fruit
Māori māpere, maupere
  • māperethe tree
  • mauperethe tree
  • māperethe fruit
  • mauperethe fruit
Norwegian Bokmål morbær
  • morbærthe fruit
Persian توت, توت
  • توت (tut)the tree
  • توت (tut)the fruit
  • شاتوت (šâtut)the fruit
  • شاهتوت (šâh-tut)the fruit
Polish morwa, morwa
  • morwathe tree
  • morwathe fruit
  • kolor morwowythe colour
  • morwowyof a dark purple color tinted with red
Portuguese amoreira, amora
  • amoreirathe tree
  • amorathe fruit
Romanian dud, dudă
  • dudthe tree
  • dudăthe fruit
Russian шелкови́ца, шелко́вица
  • шелкови́ца (šelkovíca)the tree
  • шелко́вица (šelkóvica)the tree
  • ту́та (túta)the tree
  • ту́товое де́рево (tútovoje dérevo)the tree
  • шелкови́ца (šelkovíca)the fruit
  • шелко́вица (šelkóvica)the fruit
  • тут (tut)the fruit
Spanish moral, morera
  • moralthe tree
  • morerathe tree
  • morathe fruit
  • moradothe colour
Swahili mforsadi, mforosadi
  • mforsadithe tree
  • mforosadithe tree
  • forsadithe fruit
  • forosadithe fruit
  • rangi ya maforsadithe colour
Swedish mullbärsträd, mullbär
  • mullbärsträdthe tree
  • mullbärthe fruit
Tagalog moras
  • morasthe fruit
Thai หม่อน, หม่อน
  • หม่อน (mɔ̀n)the tree
  • หม่อน (mɔ̀n)the fruit
Turkish dut, dut
  • dutthe tree
  • dutthe fruit
Ukrainian шовкови́ця, шовко́виця
  • шовкови́ця (šovkovýcja)the tree
  • шовко́виця (šovkóvycja)the tree
  • мо́рва (mórva)the tree
  • шовкови́ця (šovkovýcja)the fruit
  • шовко́виця (šovkóvycja)the fruit
  • мо́рва (mórva)the fruit
  • морво́вий (morvóvyj)the colour
  • морво́вий (morvóvyj)of a dark purple color tinted with red
Urdu شہتوت, توت
  • شہتوت (śahtūt)the fruit
  • توت (tūt)the fruit
  • شاہ توت (śāh-tūt)the fruit
Vietnamese dâu, dâu tằm
  • dâuthe tree
  • dâu tằmthe tree
  • dâu tathe tree
  • dâuthe fruit
  • dâu tằmthe fruit
  • dâu tathe fruit
Welsh morwydden, mwyar Mair
  • morwyddenthe tree
  • mwyar Mairthe fruit
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