MULBERRY TREE

Pronunciation (US):

• MULBERRY TREE (noun)
  The noun MULBERRY TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MULBERRY TREE used as a noun is very rare.

• MULBERRY TREE (noun)

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 tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mulberry tree"):

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 tree"):

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 tree" is a member of...):

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