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mulberry

/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/

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What does mulberry mean?

noun

  1. Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. A dark purple colour tinted with red.
More meanings (20)

adjective

  1. Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
  3. An unincorporated community in Chilton County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Crenshaw County, Alabama.
  5. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
  6. A city in Polk County, Florida.
  7. An unincorporated community in Barrow County, Georgia, named for mulberry trees.
  8. A town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky.
  11. An unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina.
  12. A census-designated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, named for mulberry trees.
  13. A census-designated place in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
  14. A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
  15. A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.
  16. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
  17. An unincorporated community in Fannin County, Texas.
  18. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mulberry Township.
  19. A tiny hamlet in Lanivet parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0266).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/

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Does the mulberry and magnolia show it is not very cold in winter, which I fear is the case?
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
The main difficulty is lack of food, as the worm thrives best on the leaf of the white mulberry tree.
Bolton HallThree Acres and LibertyProject Gutenberg ebook #4509
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South of the hill, in a low, sheltered swale, surrounded by a mulberry hedge, was the orchard, its fruit trees knee-deep in timothy grass.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
It is even the mushroom most frequently made use of, because of its being so plentiful, especially at the foot of the mulberry trees.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
A sufficient number of butterflies were saved to propagate the race, and mulberry trees were planted to afford nourishment to the rising generations of caterpillars.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725