MULBERRY


Meaning of MULBERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈməl-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English murberie, mulberie, from Anglo-French mure, moure mulberry (from 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

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