white mulberry

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white mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural white mulberries)

  1. A short-lived mulberry tree of species Morus alba, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine, that yields berries that are paler than other mulberries, even when ripe. The tree is widely cultivated to feed the silkworms employed in the commercial production of silk.
  2. (false stinger, native mulberry, white nettle (Pipturus argentaeus)

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