/mul"ber'ee, -beuh ree/ , n. , pl. mulberries .
1. the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
2. a tree of this genus, as M. rubra (red mulberry or American mulberry) bearing dark-purple fruit, M. nigra (black mulberry) bearing dark-colored fruit, or M. alba (white mulberry) bearing nearly white fruit and having leaves used as food for silkworms. Cf. mulberry family .
[ 1225-75; ME mulberie, dissimilated var. of murberie, OE morberie, equiv. to mor- ( morum mulberry) + berie BERRY ]