Толковый словарь английского языка - mulberry
Mulberry
mulberry
noun Etymology: Middle English murberie, mulberie, from Anglo-French mure, moure ~ (from Latin morum, from Greek moron) + Middle English berie berry Date: 14th century any of a genus (Morus of the family Moraceae, the ~ family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes, a dark purple or purplish black
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 any deciduous tree of the genus Morus, grown originally for feeding silkworms, and now for its fruit and ornamental qualities. 2 its dark-red or white berry. 3 a dark-red or purple colour. Etymology: ME mol-, mool-, mulberry, dissim. f. murberie f. OE morberie, f. L morum: see BERRY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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