单词 | mulberry |
释义 | mulberry /mul"ber'ee, -beuh ree/, n. , pl. mulberries. 1. the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus. 2. a tree of this genus, as M. rubra (red mulberry or American mulberry) bearing dark-purple fruit, M. nigra (black mulberry) bearing dark-colored fruit, or M. alba (white mulberry) bearing nearly white fruit and having leaves used as food for silkworms. Cf. mulberry family. [1225-75; ME mulberie, dissimilated var. of murberie, OE morberie, equiv. to mor- ( < L morum mulberry) + berie BERRY] |
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