white mulberry

white mulberry

noun
See under mulberry (def. 2).

Origin:
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mul·ber·ry

[muhl-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
noun, plural mul·ber·ries.
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.


Origin:
1225–75; Middle English mulberie, dissimilated variant of murberie, Old English mōrberie, equivalent to mōr- (< Latin mōrum mulberry) + berie berry
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white mulberry

noun
Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms 
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