moraceous

[maw-rey-shuh s, moh-]

adjective

belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.

Compare mulberry family.

Origin of moraceous

< New Latin, Morace(ae) (Mor(us) the type genus (Latin mōrus black mulberry tree) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for moraceous

moraceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Moraceae, a mostly tropical and subtropical family of trees and shrubs, including fig, mulberry, breadfruit, and hop, many of which have latex in the stems and heads enclosed in a fleshy receptacle

Word Origin for moraceous

C20: via New Latin from Latin morus mulberry tree

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