What does "mulberry" mean?
Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
Mulberry
/ˈmʌlbɛɹi/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
- Grammar: mulberry is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: amethystine, berry, color, ebony.
- Useful contrasts: colorless.
- Usage evidence: The cherry hangs by a long stalk, the plum and peach's are shorter. The mulberry’s stalk is very short.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits. countable
"Different qualities of the Mulberry. Among the different species of the Mulberry, it is ascertained that the Italian, (Morus italica) is eaten by the silk worm, with eager appetite. It's fruit is very small, and of a pale rose colour."
- 2 sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus wordnet
- 3 The fruit of this tree. countable
"You can also make good jam with mulberries, and they taste great cooked or mixed together with other fruits. Mulberries are rich in sugar with moderate amounts of vitamin C. Their rich colours are a sign that they contain high levels of […]"
- 4 any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry wordnet
- 5 A dark purple colour tinted with red. countable, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Of a dark purple color tinted with red.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chilton County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crenshaw County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Crawford County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Polk County, Florida. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Barrow County, Georgia, named for mulberry trees. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, named for mulberry trees. countable, uncountable
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fannin County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mulberry Township. countable, uncountable
- 19 A tiny hamlet in Lanivet parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0266). countable, uncountable
Antonyms
Example
"The cherry hangs by a long stalk, the plum and peach's are shorter. The mulberry’s stalk is very short."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mulberry"?
Common synonyms include: amethystine, berry, color, ebony, fruit, hue.
How do you use "mulberry" in a sentence?
The cherry hangs by a long stalk, the plum and peach's are shorter. The mulberry’s stalk is very short.
How do you pronounce "mulberry"?
Pronounced /ˈmʌlbɛɹi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”). Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).
Etymology 2
Two main origins of surname: * A variant of Mowbray, altered by folk etymology. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilbhearaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”).