moerbei

Dutch

Etymology

cognate with mulberry etc.; however moer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin morus 'black mulberry' + Germanic bei 'berry'

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: moer‧bei

Noun

moerbei c (plural moerbeien, diminutive moerbeitje n)

1. mulberry (the berry)
2. the mulberry tree, which bears this fruit

Synonyms

• (berry) moerbes, (archaic & dialect) moerbezie
• (tree) moerboom m, moerbeiboom m

Derived terms

• moerbeiboom m
• moerbeistadium n
• moerbeivlinder m
• moerbeizij, moerbeizijde