mora fruit

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A dark purple or black berry that grows on bushes in the Andes, eaten fresh or used in juices and desserts.

   Grammar: Countable: you can say a mora fruit or two mora fruits.

   Patterns

   • a mora fruit
   • mora fruits
   • juice made from mora fruit

   In Colombia, mora fruit is often blended with milk and sugar to make a thick drink.

   She bought a basket of mora fruits at the market in Bogotá.

   The jam is made from mora fruit picked in the mountains.

2. 2nouncountabletechnical

   The bush that produces these berries, grown in cool highland areas.

   Grammar: Refers to the plant itself, not the berry: farmers plant mora fruit on hillsides.

   Patterns

   • grow mora fruit
   • a mora fruit bush

   Farmers in the highlands grow mora fruit on steep slopes.

   The mora fruit bushes need cool nights and plenty of rain.

Word forms

Common combinations

mora fruit juice

The café serves fresh mora fruit juice with breakfast.

mora fruit jam

She spread mora fruit jam on her toast.

fresh mora fruit

Fresh mora fruit is sold in markets across Ecuador.

mora fruit pulp

The recipe calls for a cup of mora fruit pulp.

Synonyms and how they differ

blackberry

A very similar-looking berry, but blackberries grow on thorny brambles in cooler climates, while mora fruit comes from Andean bushes.

Andean blackberry

A descriptive English name sometimes used for the same fruit; it is clearer to non-Spanish speakers but less common on labels.

Word family

mora noun

The Spanish name for the same fruit, often seen on Latin American product labels.

Commonly confused: mora fruit or mulberry?

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