As nouns the difference between hackberry and mulberry
is that hackberry is any of several small shrubs or trees of the genus Celtis, of North America, having small fruit while mulberry is any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruit.
As an adjective mulberry is
of a dark purple colour tinted with red.
hackberry
Noun
Any of several small shrubs or trees of the genus Celtis , of North America, having small fruit.
Prunus padus , a cherry tree, of Eurasia.
The purple-black fruit of such plants.
(uncountable) The soft wood of such plants.
Synonyms
* hagberry
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mulberry
Noun
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mulberries)
Any of several trees, of the genus Morus , having edible fruit
the fruit of this tree
a dark purple colour tinted with red.
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Derived terms
* (African mulberry) ()
* (Australian mulberry) ()
* black mulberry ()
* (Chinese mulberry) (Morus spp. and )
* (fig-mulberry) (Ficus sycomorus )
* (Himalayan mulberry) ()
* Indian mulberry (Morinda spp.)
* mulberrying
* (native mulberry) ()
* paper mulberry ()
* (red mulberry) ()
* white mulberry ()
* Mulberry Harbor
Related terms
* morula
* murrey
Adjective
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en adjective)
Of a dark purple colour tinted with red.
See also
* fig
* fustic
* hop (plant)
* sycamine
* sycamore
* tapa
* weeping fig
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