mulberry
/ˈmʌlbəri/noun
उच्चारण मल्बरी
शहतूत का पेड़
Core word
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[C]
a tree with broad leaves, which silkworms feed on, and small dark purple or white fruits that can be eaten
शहतूत का पेड़
- Silkworms in Karnataka are fed on mulberry leaves.
- a row of mulberry trees
- Silk farmers grow mulberry in large fields.
+ 2 more examples
- The mulberry tree in the yard gave plenty of shade.
- Mulberry leaves are the only food of the silkworm.
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[C]
the small soft fruit of the mulberry tree
शहतूत
- The children picked ripe mulberries from the tree.
- My grandmother made a delicious jam from the sweet mulberries in the garden.
- Ripe mulberries stained my fingers purple.
+ 2 more examples
- We ate fresh mulberries straight from the tree.
- She added mulberries to the juice.
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[U]
a dark reddish-purple colour
गहरा बैंगनी-लाल रंग
- a mulberry silk sari
- The shop sells silk scarves in mulberry and dark blue.
- She painted the walls in a deep shade of mulberry.
+ 2 more examples
- The bride wore a mulberry lehenga with gold work.
- Mulberry is a popular colour for winter wear.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
mulberry (countable noun: tree and fruit)
Mulberry names the tree, its fruit and a colour. As a fruit it is countable: a mulberry, a bowl of mulberries.
Mulberry पेड़, उसके फल और एक रंग का नाम है। फल के रूप में यह countable है: a mulberry, a bowl of mulberries।
- We picked ripe mulberries from the tree behind the school.
- A mulberry grows quickly in warm climates.
mulberry leaves and silkworms
Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves, so the tree is important to sericulture, the rearing of silkworms for silk.
रेशम के कीड़े mulberry की पत्तियाँ खाते हैं, इसलिए यह पेड़ sericulture, यानी रेशम के लिए कीड़े पालने, में महत्वपूर्ण है।
- Farmers in Karnataka grow mulberry for silk production.
- Silkworms feed only on mulberry leaves.
mulberry (colour)
As a colour, mulberry is a dark reddish-purple. It can be used as a noun or before another noun.
रंग के रूप में mulberry गहरा लाल-बैंगनी रंग है। इसका प्रयोग noun के रूप में या दूसरी संज्ञा से पहले हो सकता है।
- She chose a mulberry saree for the wedding.
- The walls were painted mulberry.
mulberry + noun
Mulberry can describe food and objects: mulberry jam, mulberry juice, mulberry bush.
Mulberry खाद्य पदार्थों और वस्तुओं का वर्णन कर सकता है: mulberry jam, mulberry juice, mulberry bush।
- Radhika made mulberry juice for her cousins.
+Collocations 5
adjective + mulberry
ripedarkwhitewildsweetjuicy
- The children ate ripe white mulberries by the roadside.
verb + mulberry
pickgrowplanteatcrush
- Farmers plant mulberry along the field boundary.
mulberry + noun
mulberry treemulberry leafmulberry jammulberry silkmulberry farm
- Mulberry silk is the most common kind produced in India.
colour expressions
mulberry redmulberry purplemulberry shademulberry stain
- The mulberry stain on her kurta was hard to remove.
silk industry
mulberry silkmulberry plantationmulberry cultivationmulberry leaves
- Mulberry cultivation provides jobs to thousands of farm families.
“More examples 7
- Mulberry fruit leaves a deep purple stain on your fingers.
Mulberry का फल उँगलियों पर गहरा बैंगनी दाग़ छोड़ देता है।
- Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms on mulberry leaves.
Sericulture का अर्थ mulberry की पत्तियों पर रेशम के कीड़े पालना है।
- There is a big mulberry tree near my grandmother's house in Kashmir.
कश्मीर में मेरी दादी के घर के पास एक बड़ा mulberry का पेड़ है।
- She served a bowl of fresh mulberries after dinner.
उसने रात के खाने के बाद ताज़ी शहतूत का कटोरा परोसा।
- The shop had scarves in mulberry, mustard and green.
दुकान में mulberry, सरसों और हरे रंग के स्कार्फ़ थे।
- Mulberry trees line the road to the silk-weaving cluster near Mysuru.
Mysuru के पास रेशम बुनाई वाले क्षेत्र की सड़क के किनारे mulberry के पेड़ क़तार में हैं।
- Mulberry leaves are fed to silkworms every few hours.
Mulberry की पत्तियाँ रेशम के कीड़ों को हर कुछ घंटों में खिलाई जाती हैं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The silkworms eat the leaves of mulberries trees.
✓ The silkworms eat the leaves of mulberry trees.
A noun used as a modifier stays singular: mulberry trees.
Modifier के रूप में प्रयुक्त संज्ञा एकवचन रहती है: mulberry trees।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Mulberry silk, the most common type of silk, comes from silkworms that feed on mulberry leaves.
GK के अनुसार सबसे सामान्य प्रकार का रेशम, mulberry silk, उन रेशम के कीड़ों से मिलता है जो शहतूत की पत्तियाँ खाते हैं।