mulberry

mûre

Petit fruit sucré du mûrier, souvent rouge, violet ou blanc.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : ripe mulberry, mulberry jam, mulberry juice

mûrier

Arbre ou arbuste donnant de petits fruits sucrés, dont les feuilles nourrissent les vers à soie.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : mulberry tree, white mulberry, mulberry leaves

pourpre foncé

Couleur violet foncé avec une nuance de rouge.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : deep mulberry, shade of mulberry, mulberry colour