mulberry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlbəɹi/, /ˈmʌlbɹi/ === Noun === mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural mulberries) (countable) Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits. (countable) The fruit of this tree. A dark purple colour tinted with red. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Māori: māpere ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === mulberry (comparative more mulberry, superlative most mulberry) Of a dark purple color tinted with red. ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === mulberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Morus (Moraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies