mulberry
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- noun
- /ˈmʌlˌbɛri/
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moral
- In August, when writing an update about the silk industry, Stephens mentioned briefly that the mulberry trees in the public garden furnished a substantial amount of leaves used to feed the silkworms.
- mulberry tree
It's too cold, too cold for growing of Mulberry trees.
- It's too cold, too cold for growing of Mulberry trees.
- And so she decided she would bring this by smuggling the silkworm eggs and also the seeds of the Mulberry tree in her headdress.
- That means that raise your SO cordless. Grow your Mulberry trees well so that so programs will benefit from the good Mulberry leaves
- That means it raised your so cordless growing all Mulberry trees well so that so programs will benefit from the good Mulberry leaves
Examples
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But it would still be a celebration under the mulberry and chinaberry trees.
Academic text (2016) -
While Pyramus lay dying, his blood stained the snow-white fruit of the mulberry tree a dark red (Hamilton 102; Ovid 85).
Academic text (1990) -
When they passed the mulberry tree, he felt an urge to turn around and go on walking for a while.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then I have this, I have this Mulberry tree that gives us amazing berries.
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Eventually, the garden's only useful crop was mulberry trees, while everything else wasted away.
Academic text (2009) -
The purple color of the mulberry tree stands as a memorial to their tragic story.
Academic text (2012) -
Four brooding hens and a rooster pecked around under the young mulberry tree.
Fiction book (1994) -
A solitary mulberry tree crowns the hill behind Gbekli Tepe.
Academic text (2008) -
Still, the garden contained a wide assortment of fruit trees, including peach, nectarine, apple, orange, and mulberry, as well as grapevines, although all suffered from the deficiencies of their location.
Academic text (2009) -
The children eagerly picked mulberries from the tree in the backyard.
Synonyms
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A tree that makes small dark fruit like blackberries
A group of trees that produce sweet fruit called mulberries
A tree from North America that makes dark purple edible berries
A North American tree that grows dark purple sweet fruit
A mulberry tree from Asia with pale fruit and leaves used to feed silkworms
A tree from Asia with leaves that feed silkworms and white or pale red fruit
A tree with dark purple edible fruit and heart-shaped leaves
A mulberry tree from western Asia that has dark fruit and broad leaves
A low plant that spreads along the ground and makes small orange berries
Compounds
A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs
- Specialized
A tree from Asia with leaves that feed silkworms and white or pale red fruit
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Morphology
Etymology
Mulberry comes from the Latin morus, the name of the tree, plus the English berry because the tree is known for its fruit. That's why mulberry can mean the tree that makes those sweet berries.