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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·rus n.  Bot. A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.
 Note:Morus alba is the white mulberry, a native of India or China, the leaves of which are extensively used for feeding silkworms, for which it furnishes the chief food.
 Morus multicaulis, the many-stemmed or Chinese mulberry, is only a form of white mulberry, preferred on account of its more abundant leaves.
 Morus nigra, the black mulberry, produces a dark-colored fruit, of an agreeable flavor.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Morus alba
      n : Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used
          to feed silkworms [syn: white mulberry]