mulberry family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.

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Example Sentences

Look at dat face, an' dem hands an' close, all kivvered wid mud an' mulberry juice!

From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.

Skim and strain the water when it is taken off and settled, and put it to the mulberry juice.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Morat, mō′rat, n. a drink made of honey and mulberry juice.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

What fabled drink of god or muse Was rich as purple mulberry juice?

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert