MULBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mulberry mean? 

• MULBERRY (noun)
  The noun MULBERRY has 2 senses:

1. any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

2. sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

  Familiarity information: MULBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mulberry; mulberry tree

Hypernyms ("mulberry" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mulberry"):

mulberry (sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mulberry"):

Morus alba; white mulberry (Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms)

black mulberry; Morus nigra (European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit)

Morus rubra; red mulberry (North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit)

Holonyms ("mulberry" is a member of...):

genus Morus; Morus (type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mulberry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("mulberry" is a part of...):

mulberry; mulberry tree (any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry)

 Context examples 

Two thousand a year without debt or drawback—except the little love-child, indeed; aye, I had forgot her; but she may be 'prenticed out at a small cost, and then what does it signify? Delaford is a nice place, I can tell you; exactly what I call a nice old fashioned place, full of comforts and conveniences; quite shut in with great garden walls that are covered with the best fruit-trees in the country; and such a mulberry tree in one corner! Lord! how Charlotte and I did stuff the only time we were there! Then, there is a dove-cote, some delightful stew-ponds, and a very pretty canal; and every thing, in short, that one could wish for; and, moreover, it is close to the church, and only a quarter of a mile from the turnpike-road, so 'tis never dull, for if you only go and sit up in an old yew arbour behind the house, you may see all the carriages that pass along.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)