Morus Alba (Noun)
Meaning
Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Morus alba trees line the garden's paths and attract visitors with their juicy fruit during summer.
- A paper in horticulture documented an old specimen of morus alba dating back hundreds of years.
- Care instructions warned farmers not to replant morus alba where they'd previously been affected by root diseases.
- The introduction of morus alba into North America is often attributed to 17th-century European colonists who valued the tree for its economic benefits.
- Morus alba would start fruiting five to six years after planting but ideal sericulture demands more immediate leaf yield for immature silkworms.