white mulberry

English

a white mulberry (Morus alba), not yet ripe

Noun

white mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural white mulberries)

1. A short-lived mulberry tree of species Morus alba, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine, that yields berries that are paler than other mulberries, even when ripe. The tree is widely cultivated to feed the silkworms employed in the commercial production of silk.
2. (false stinger, native mulberry, white nettle (Pipturus argentaeus)

Translations

mulberry tree

• Albanian: man i bardhë m
• Dutch: witte moerbei (nl) f
• Finnish: valkomulperi (fi)
• French: mûrier blanc (fr)
• Galician: moreira branca (gl) f
• German: weiße Maulbeere f
• Italian: gelso bianco, moro bianco m
• Polish: morwa biała f
• Portuguese: amora-branca f
• Romanian: dud alb m
• Russian: шелкови́ца бе́лая f (šelkovíca bélaja)
• Spanish: morera f
• Vietnamese: cây dâu trắng

Further reading

• Morus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Morus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Morus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons