red mulberry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of red mulberry
An Americanism dating back to 1710–20
Example Sentences
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She drops a ripe red mulberry on the head of the canon.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the way of fruit-bearing shade trees he recommends sugar maple, flowering dogwood, white and cockspur thorn, native red mulberry, tupelo, black cherry, choke cherry, and mountain ash.
From The Bird Study Book by Pearson, Thomas Gilbert
The red mulberry grows to be a large dense, round-headed tree, with thick fibrous roots and milky sap.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The red mulberry could be seen in the creek bottoms, and here and there the beautiful wild-china-tree with its pretty lilac flowers.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
The early settlers of Virginia, who found the red mulberry growing there in great abundance, dreamed in vain of silk culture as an industry based upon this native tree.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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