mulberry

/ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/

mulberry means of a dark purple color tinted with red.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mulberry ranks #6,565 of 42,752 for Qualifying.

mulberry is pronounced /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/.

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”).

adj

Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

name

A surname from Irish.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chilton County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crenshaw County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Polk County, Florida.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Barrow County, Georgia, named for mulberry trees.
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, named for mulberry trees.
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.

noun

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

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

mulberrylike 77% match — Resembling or characteristic of a mulberry. vs mulberry →
burgundy 70% match — A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine. vs mulberry →
purplishly 70% match — With a colour resembling purple. vs mulberry →
purpureal 67% match — Of a purple colour. vs mulberry →
purplely 65% match — In a purple manner; with purple colour. vs mulberry →
burgundyish 65% match — Somewhat burgundy in colour. vs mulberry →
maddery 65% match — Of or similar to the deep reddish colour of madder (dye). vs mulberry →
cerise 64% match — A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. vs mulberry →