Definition of Morus rubra

1. Noun. North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit.

Exact synonyms: Red Mulberry
Generic synonyms: Mulberry, Mulberry Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morus Rubra

Morse function
Morse functions
Morse theory
Mort
Morta
Mortierella
Mortimer
Morton
Morton's neuralgia
Morton's neuroma
Morton's plane
Morton's toe
Morus alba
Morus nigra
Morus rubra (current term)
Morvan's chorea
Mosaic
Mosaic law
Mosaism
Mosaisms
Mosan
Mosander
Moschcowitz' disease
Moschus moschiferus
Moscow
Moscow Time
Moselle

Literary usage of Morus rubra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Morus rubra Linn. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) Red .Mulberry, Mulberry (local Virginia Mulberry Tree (Tenn.). and common name). Murier Sauvage (La.). ..."

2. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"(Morus rubra) A fine forest tree up to 65 feet high; wood, pale yellow, soft, weak but durable; a cubic foot weighs 37 Ibs.; berries ij inches long, ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Morus rubra L. Red Mulberry. Fig. 1550. Morus rubra L. Sp. PI. 986. 1753. A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 65° and a trunk diameter of 7 ..."

4. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The Morus rubra is found near the northern extremity of Lake Champlain, ... In Italy, at Monza, there is a Morus rubra, which, in sixty years after planting ..."

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