Mulberry Meaning
/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
nounThe fruit of this tree.
Sentence Examples
Ziri slept in a bed made from the mulberry tree.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ tree in the backyard produced dark purple berries that stained my hands.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A large ____ tree grows in the center of the garden, providing a lot of cool shade and producing many sweet, dark berries during the summer months.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Different qualities of the Mulberry. Among the different species of the Mulberry, it is ascertained that the Italian, (Morus italica) is eaten by the silk worm, with eager appetite. It's fruit is very small, and of a pale rose colour."
— 1837, Luigi Tinelli, Hints on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, with Some General Observations on the Production of Silk, page 39:
"Beyond the south end of the lake, the route lies across the plain of Lombardy, where the mulberry trees are evidence of the silk industry."
— 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 729:
"You can also make good jam with mulberries, and they taste great cooked or mixed together with other fruits. Mulberries are rich in sugar with moderate amounts of vitamin C. Their rich colours are a sign that they contain high levels of […]"
— 2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ tree in the backyard produced dark purple berries that stained my hands.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A large ____ tree grows in the center of the garden, providing a lot of cool shade and producing many sweet, dark berries during the summer months.