n.
Pronunciation: ' m ə l- ˌ ber- ē , -b( ə -)r ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English murberie, mulberie, from Anglo-French mure, moure mulberry (fr. Latin morum, from Greek moron ) + Middle English berie berry
Date: 14th century
1 : any of a genus ( Morus of the family Moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes also : the fruit
2 : a dark purple or purplish black