# mulberry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/ · frequency rank #23,916

## Definitions
1. Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits.
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. A dark purple colour tinted with red.

## 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”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`mluberry`, `mmulberry`, `mublerry`, `mulbberry`, `mulberryy`, `mulbery`, `mulberyr`, `mulbrery`, `mulebrry`, `mullberry`, `umlberry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mulberry