Meanings
nounwhite mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural white mulberries)
plural white mulberries
- countableuncountableA short-lived mulberry tree of species Morus alba, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine, that yields berries that are paler than other mulberries, even when ripe. The tree is widely cultivated to feed the silkworms employed in the commercial production of silk.
- countableuncountable(false stinger, native mulberry, white nettle (Pipturus argentaeus)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAsiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
Similar
Morus alba
Broader
mulberrymulberry tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan morera blanca
- morera blancamulberry tree
Chinese Mandarin 白桑
- 白桑 (báisāng)mulberry tree
Dutch witte moerbei
- witte moerbeimulberry tree
Finnish valkomulperi
- valkomulperimulberry tree
French mûrier blanc
- mûrier blancmulberry tree
German weiße Maulbeere
- weiße Maulbeeremulberry tree
Italian gelso bianco, moro bianco
- gelso biancomulberry tree
- moro biancomulberry tree
Korean 뽕나무
- 뽕나무 (ppongnamu)mulberry tree
Polish morwa biała
- morwa białamulberry tree
Portuguese amora-branca
- amora-brancamulberry tree
Romanian dud alb
- dud albmulberry tree
Russian шелкови́ца бе́лая
- шелкови́ца бе́лая (šelkovíca bélaja)mulberry tree
Spanish morera
- moreramulberry tree
Swedish vitt mullbär
- vitt mullbärmulberry tree
Ukrainian шовковиця біла
- шовковиця біла (šovkovycja bila)mulberry tree
Vietnamese cây dâu trắng
- cây dâu trắngmulberry tree
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APA
white mulberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20mulberry
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“white mulberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20mulberry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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