Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mulberry: A type of tree (genus Morus), cultivated for its leaves, which are the primary food source for silkworms, and for its sweet, edible fruit.
   • Mulberry fruit: The aggregate fruit of the mulberry tree, which can be black, red, or white, and is often used in food and drinks.

Usage Examples

• Noun (referring to the tree):

  • Những cây dâu tằm được trồng để lấy lá nuôi tơ. (Mulberry trees are grown to harvest leaves for raising silkworms.)
  • Vườn sau nhà ông ấy có một cây dâu tằm rất lớn. (There is a very large mulberry tree in his backyard garden.)

• Noun (referring to the fruit):

  • Mứt dâu tằm rất ngon. (Mulberry jam is very delicious.)
  • Trẻ con thích hái quả dâu tằm ăn. (Children like to pick and eat mulberries.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lá dâu tằm": Mulberry leaf.

  • Lá dâu tằm là thức ăn duy nhất của tằm. (Mulberry leaves are the sole food for silkworms.)

• "Trồng dâu nuôi tằm": To cultivate mulberries and raise silkworms (a traditional industry).

  • Nghề trồng dâu nuôi tằm đã có từ lâu đời. (The sericulture industry has existed for a long time.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dâu (n): This is the shortened, more common form. "Dâu tằm" specifies the type for sericulture. "Dâu" alone can also mean mulberry or, in other contexts, strawberries (dâu tây) or brides (con dâu).
• Cây dâu (n): Mulberry tree.
• Quả dâu / Trái dâu (n): Mulberry fruit.

Synonyms

• Cây dâu (cau): Mulberry tree (specifically the Morus alba or Morus nigra species).
• Morus: The scientific/Latin name for the genus.

Related Phrases

• Tằm ăn dâu: Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.

  • Tằm chỉ ăn lá dâu tằm. (Silkworms only eat mulberry leaves.)

• Nông nghiệp dâu tằm: Sericulture agriculture.

  • Vùng này phát triển nông nghiệp dâu tằm. (This region develops sericulture agriculture.)

Related Idioms

• "Nuôi tằm ăn dâu": Literally "to raise silkworms that eat mulberry leaves"; often used to imply a natural, necessary, or cyclical relationship where one thing depends on another.
  • Công việc ấy như nuôi tằm ăn dâu, phải kiên nhẫn. (That job is like raising silkworms, requiring patience [because it's a step-by-step process].)

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