ETYM Old Eng. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is from Latin morum mulberry. Related to Murrey, Sycamore.
Any tree of the genus Morus, family Moraceae, consisting of a dozen species, including the black mulberry M. nigra.
It is native to W Asia and has heart-shaped, toothed leaves, and spikes of whitish flowers. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, which, made up of a cluster of small drupes, resembles a raspberry. The leaves of the Asiatic white mulberry M. alba are those used in feeding silkworms.
The red mulberry M. rubra of the E US also has large edible multiple fruit.
1. Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry; SYN. mulberry tree.
2. Sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus. + prikaži više