red mulberry

How to use red mulberry in a sentence

• It is sometimes called the red mulberry to distinguish it from the following species.

  Trees of Indiana | Charles Clemon Deam

• But the silkworms would not cooperate—they refused to eat the leaves of the red mulberry tree.

  The Stronghold | Miriam Haynie

• The first is the common red mulberry, whose Fruit is the earliest we have, (except the Strawberries) and very sweet.

  A New Voyage to Carolina | John Lawson

• The red mulberry (M. rubra) is an American species, with leaves too rough to be good for silkworms, and very indifferent fruit.

  Botany for Ladies | Jane Loudon

• red mulberry (Morus rubra) is frequently spoken of simply as mulberry, and is sometimes called black mulberry.

  American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson