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Webster 1913 Edition

Mulberry

Mul′ber-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mulberries
(#)
.
[OE.
moolbery
,
murberie
, AS.
murberie
, where the first part is fr. L.
morum
mulberry; cf. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK]. Cf.
Murrey
,
Sycamore
.]
1.
(Bot.)
The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus
Morus
; also, the tree itself. See
Morus
.
2.
A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
Mulberry mass
.
(Biol.)
See
Morula
.
–
Paper mulberry
,
a tree (
Broussonetia papyrifera
), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mulberry

MUL'BERRY

,
Noun.
The berry or fruit of a true of the genus Morus.

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