mulberry; mulberry tree
Refers to the tree or its leaves, especially in the context of sericulture (silkworm raising).
Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.
My grandfather planted mulberry trees in the garden for silkworm farming.
庭に桑の木を植えた。
I planted a mulberry tree in the garden.
mulberry field
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis) · kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
light yellow; mulberry color
mulberry fruit; fruit of the mulberry
mulberry leaf
wild silkworm moth
storehousebush; mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang
Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)
Standard kanji spelling for mulberry.
Kana spelling used especially in children's books or when the kanji is not needed.
Katakana spelling common in botanical or scientific contexts.
The origin is uncertain, but the word is native Japanese. The kanji 桑 is a pictograph of a mulberry tree.
picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers