MULBERRY DEFINITIONS - 14 definitions found
mulberry n 1: any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry [syn: mulberry, mulberry tree}] 2: sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus mulberry late M.E., developed from O.E. morberie, cf. M.H.G. mul-beri (alt. of mur-beri); both from L. morum "mulberry" + O.E. berie, O.H.G. beri "berry." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) mulberry noun Etymology: Middle English murberie, mulberie, from Anglo-French mure, moure mulberry (from Latin morum, from Greek moron) + Middle English berie berry Date: 14th century 1. any of a genus (Morus of the family Moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes; also the fruit 2. a dark purple or purplish black Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary mulberry (mulberries) A mulberry or a mulberry tree is a tree which has small purple berries which you can eat. N-VAR • Mulberries are the fruit of a mulberry tree. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary mulberry ˈmʌlbərɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 any deciduous tree of the genus Morus, grown originally for feeding silkworms, and now for its fruit and ornamental qualities. 2 its dark-red or white berry. 3 a dark-red or purple colour. [ME mol-, mool-, mulberry, dissim. f. murberie f. OE morberie, f. L morum: see BERRY] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mulberry \Mul"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Mulberries. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus. 2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry. Mulberry mass. (Biol.) See Morula. Paper mulberry, a tree ({Broussonetia papyrifera}), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Mulberry Heb. bakah, "to weep;" rendered "Baca" (R.V., "weeping") in Ps. 84:6. The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is rendered "mulberry trees" in 2 Sam. 5:23, 24 and 1 Chr. 14:14, 15. The tree here alluded to was probably the aspen or trembling poplar. "We know with certainty that the black poplar, the aspen, and the Lombardy poplar grew in Palestine. The aspen, whose long leaf-stalks cause the leaves to tremble with every breath of wind, unites with the willow and the oak to overshadow the watercourses of the Lebanon, and with the oleander and the acacia to adorn the ravines of Southern Palestine" (Kitto). By "the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees" we are to understand a rustling among the trees like the marching of an army. This was the signal that the Lord himself would lead forth David's army to victory. (See SYCAMINE.) Mulberry, AR (city, FIPS 48200) Location: 35.50841 N, 94.07421 W Population (1990): 1448 (684 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72947 Mulberry, FL (city, FIPS 47200) Location: 27.90162 N, 81.97305 W Population (1990): 2988 (1444 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33860 Mulberry, IN (town, FIPS 51840) Location: 40.34559 N, 86.66805 W Population (1990): 1262 (425 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46058 Mulberry, KS (city, FIPS 49025) Location: 37.55591 N, 94.62317 W Population (1990): 555 (289 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66756 Mulberry, NC (CDP, FIPS 45560) Location: 36.22771 N, 81.16614 W Population (1990): 2339 (941 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mulberry, OH (CDP, FIPS 53270) Location: 39.19724 N, 84.24893 W Population (1990): 2856 (1019 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mulberry, SC (CDP, FIPS 48737) Location: 33.95186 N, 80.33312 W Population (1990): 1097 (386 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mulberry, TN Zip code(s): 37359 |
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