mulberry

mora di gelso

Piccolo frutto dolce del gelso, spesso rosso, viola o bianco.

In inglese semplice: A small, sweet fruit, often red, purple, or white, that grows on a tree.

• I ate a ripe mulberry.
• We picked mulberries for a jar of jam.
• Purple mulberry juice stained his fingers.

Espressioni comuni: ripe mulberry, mulberry jam, mulberry juice

gelso

Albero o arbusto che produce piccoli frutti dolci e le cui foglie sono mangiate dai bachi da seta.

In inglese semplice: A tree or bush that produces small, sweet fruits and has leaves eaten by silkworms.

• They planted a mulberry in the garden.
• Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves.
• The old mulberry gave us shade all summer.

Espressioni comuni: mulberry tree, white mulberry, mulberry leaves

viola rossastro

Colore viola scuro con una sfumatura rossa.

In inglese semplice: A dark purple colour with some red in it.

• She chose mulberry for the bedroom walls.
• The fabric was a rich shade of mulberry.
• Try mixing a little red into the purple to make mulberry.

Espressioni comuni: deep mulberry, shade of mulberry, mulberry colour