mulberry
/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mulbery, mōrberġe, mulbere, *mōrubaʀi, mōrus, *baʀi
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/
- British English: /ˈmʌlbəɹi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
African mulberry
Australian mulberry
black mulberry
Chinese mulberry
common mulberry
fig-mulberry
French mulberry
Himalayan mulberry