Definition of "mulberry-tree" [mulberry-tree]

• See mulberry, 2. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Even the mocking-bird that had warbled for hours in the old mulberry-tree had sung himself asleep."
• "A small mulberry-tree, now only a few feet high, and standing in front of the house, not far distant from the canal, where it was fixed by Lord Nelson's own hand, may hereafter rival the celebrated mulberry-tree at Stratford upon Avon, planted by the immortal Shakspeare; the first dramatic bard, and naval hero, "take them for all in all," the world is ever likely to know."
• "They afterwards happened to find a mulberry-tree, all holes, for it was eaten by old age; and the snake asked it if it was right to eat the man who had saved its life."