red mulberry
noun
See under mulberry(def 2).
Origin of red mulberry
An Americanism dating back to 1710–20
Words nearby red mulberry
red mercuric oxide,
red mercuric sulfide,
red mercury,
red mist,
red mombin,
red mulberry,
red mullet,
red muscle,
red ned,
red neuralgia,
red no. 2
Definition for red mulberry (2 of 2)
mulberry
[ muhl-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
/ ˈmʌlˌbɛr i, -bə ri /
noun, plural mul·ber·ries.
the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
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.
Compare
mulberry family.
Origin of mulberry
1225–75; Middle English
mulberie, dissimilated variant of
murberie, Old English
mōrberie, equivalent to
mōr- (< Latin
mōrum mulberry) +
berie
berry
British Dictionary definitions for red mulberry
mulberry
/ (ˈmʌlbərɪ, -brɪ) /
noun plural -ries
any moraceous tree of the temperate genus Morus, having edible blackberry-like fruit, such as M. alba (white mulberry), the leaves of which are used to feed silkworms
the fruit of any of these trees
any of several similar or related trees, such as the paper mulberry and Indian mulberry
- a dark purple colour
- (as adjective)a mulberry dress
Word Origin for mulberry
C14: from Latin
mōrum, from Greek
moron; related to Old English
mōrberie; compare Dutch
moerbezie, Old High German
mūrberi