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DictionarymulberryFruit-bearing tree
noun / adjective

mulberry

MUL-bair-ee/ˈmʌlberi/

A tree that bears clusters of sweet dark or pale berries.

A tall mulberry shades the patio and bears sweet fruit each summer.

A small woody mulberry tree twig bears two elongated dark purple-black ripe mulberries composed of many small tightly joined fruitlets, hanging by slender stems.
Etymology
mulLatinmulberry, blackberry
+berryOld Englishberry

A Latin fruit name is paired with the ordinary word 'berry.' The compound first named the tree in English and then became a name for its fruit.

In context

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The American Mulberry (aka the Red Mulberry) is amazing

More examples

  • We plant a mulberry along the back fence.
  • Several mulberries grow beside the old barn.
  • The silkworms feed on leaves from our mulberry.

Forms

mulberry · mulberries