черница

че́рен (čéren, “black”) +‎ -ица (-ica)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛrˈnit͡sɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): чер‧ни‧ца

черни́ца • (černíca) f (relational adjective черни́чев)

1. (literally) blackie (something black, typically a creature)

   Antonym: бели́ца (belíca)

2. (by extension) mulberry (flowering tree from genus Morus)

   Synonyms: бобо́лка (bobólka), ду́да (dúda)

   В на́шето се́ло и́ма бе́ли черни́ци.

   V nášeto sélo íma béli černíci.

   There are white mulberry trees in our village.

• бяла черница (bjala černica, “Morus alba”)
• руда черница (ruda černica, “Morus rubra”)
• черна черница (černa černica, “Morus nigra”)

• “черница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “черница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010