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mulberry

DEFINITIONS OF: mulberry

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n any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

Synonyms:
mulberry tree
Types:
Morus alba, white mulberry
Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
Morus nigra, black mulberry
European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit
Morus rubra, red mulberry
North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit
Type of:
fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit

n sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

Type of:
berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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