mulberry

Mulberries on a tree.

Meanings

Noun

Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
The fruit of this tree.
A dark purple colour tinted with red.

Adjective

Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

Origin

From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe and partly from Middle Low German mulbere. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei, German Maulbeere.

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