n, pl  -ries  :  any of a genus (Morus of the family Moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usu. purple multiple fruit that includes one (M. nigra) with a fruit whose juice is sometimes used for its medicinal properties : also  :  the fruit .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  mil·li·bar 
 
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