noun
mulberry
MUHL-buh-ree
noun
1
A tree that produces small, sweet, blackberry-like fruit, and whose leaves are famously used to feed silkworms.
"The old mulberry tree in the garden drops fruit every summer."
"Silkworms are raised on a diet of mulberry leaves."
2
The fruit of the mulberry tree.
"She made jam from the mulberries we picked."
"Mulberries stain your fingers a deep purple."
adj
1
A dark purplish-red colour.
"She wore a mulberry scarf with her grey coat."
How to Use Mulberry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA fruit tree (and its dark purple-red berries), also used as a colour name.
Common pairings
mulberry tree
mulberry jam
mulberry silk
Word Forms
more mulberry comparative, mulberries plural, Mulberrys plural, most mulberry superlative
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Etymology
From Middle English mulbery, partly from Old English and partly from a Low German word, ultimately from Latin morus ("mulberry tree").