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black mulberry

black mulberry

5.4
A tree with dark purple edible fruit and heart-shaped leaves
  • noun
  • /blæk ˈmʌlˌbɛri/
translation icon : mora negra
  • The black mulberry produces sweet, juicy berries popular in desserts and jams.

Examples

  • Farmers often cultivate the black mulberry for its delicious fruit and attractive foliage.

  • A mature black mulberry tree can provide generous shade in the garden.

  • The black mulberry tree grows well in warm climates.

  • I love the taste of black mulberries in my smoothies.

  • Farmers often cultivate the black mulberry for its delicious fruit and attractive foliage.

  • The black mulberry produces sweet, juicy berries popular in desserts and jams.

  • I love the taste of black mulberries in my smoothies.

Synonyms

mulberry tree
vsblack mulberry
1 2.7

A tree that makes small dark fruit like blackberries

is the specific native tree rather than the general group of fruit producing trees
Morus nigra
vsblack mulberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A mulberry tree from western Asia that has dark fruit and broad leaves

is the nontechnical name for the tree with heart shaped leaves

Surface Forms

black mulberry singular
black mulberries plural

Morphology

black + mulberry

The meaning 'a mulberry (tree or fruit) that is black/dark' is directly derivable from combining 'black' (a color) with 'mulberry' (the tree/fruit). Color + noun combinations are cross-linguistically common and follow straightforward compositional semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand this MWE.

Etymology

Black mulberry is a name that comes from the tree's very dark, almost black, berries: the word black describes the color and mulberry is the tree. So the name means the mulberry with dark fruit and helps tell it apart from the lighter 'white mulberry'.