mulberry

It involves feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms, harvesting their cocoons and extracting the silk fibres.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

That problem is largely attributed to paper mulberry trees, which were planted extensively during the city's early development.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Hiemer smuggled part of his mother’s earthy remains to his garden, he said, and planted a mulberry tree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

But one thing managed to survive Operation Big Bang: a prominent, gnarled mulberry tree that survived the 1947 blast and is now known today as the “Miracle of Helgoland.”

From National Geographic ● Jan. 17, 2024

Just a few weeks earlier Aunt Xi-wen had complained to the school because some students had climbed into her yard to pick mulberry leaves for their silkworms.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

He installed a mobile home and planted fruit trees that bore mulberries, figs, apples, pears and pomegranates.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2023

Regan’s mother, Sandra Lee, canned peaches from their tree and picked mulberries for hand pies.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023

That was followed by an ice cream and a lovely stroll through the gardens, which include lakes, wildflower meadows, ancient oaks, beehives and the descendants of mulberries planted by James I in 1608.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

We need your help in amassing a large amount of mulberries for our kettle sour!

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2021

This was all the more remarkable, since mulberries only became popular in the days of Cromwell.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White