Mulberry
['mʌlb(ə)rɪ] or ['mʌl'bɛri]
Definition
(noun.) sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus.
(noun.) any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry.
Typist: Rowland--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
(n.) A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
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Definition
n. the tree the leaves of which form the food of the silkworm: the berry of this tree.
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Examples
- The mulberry plantations of th e Cévennes were abandoned and the whole region was desolate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Fitz-Marshall,' said the mulberry man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I fear so; unless— Here Justinian paused abruptly, and walked rapidly along the mulberry avenue, in which they were now. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I do not know what I expected to see but I did not see anything except the fields and the bare mulberry trees and the rain falling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Well, that is very strange,' said the mulberry man, with great simplicity of manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The fig tree, which is of the mulberry family, belonged originally in Asia Minor, but it has been naturalized in all the countries around the Mediterranean. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'm wery sorry, Sammy, to hear from your lips, as you let yourself be gammoned by that 'ere mulberry man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The mulberry man nodded significantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was a great trade in silk with remote China, for the mulberry tree and the silkworm had not yet begun to move west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I should rather suspect it was,' said the mulberry man, sipping his liquor, with a complacent face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Philip