noun
Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
• Syn: ↑Morus alba
• Hypernyms: ↑mulberry, ↑mulberry tree
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noun : an Asiatic mulberry tree (Morus alba) with white to light or dull red fruits that is the favored tree for feeding silkworms and is widespread in cultivation and as an escape — compare black mulberry
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white mulberry,
a mulberry native to China whose leaves are used for feeding silkworms.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.