Definition of Moraceous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae.

Partainyms: Moraceae
Derivative terms: Moraceae

Definition of Moraceous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the mulberry plants in the genus ''Moraceae'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moraceous

mopsy
moptop
moptops
mopungite
mopus
mopuses
mopwater
mopy
mopying
moqueca
moquecas
moquette
moquettes
mor
mora
moraceous (current term)
morae
moraesite
moraic
morainal
moraine
moraines
morainic
moral
moral(a)
moral-panic
moral Mafia
moral arithmetic
moral ataxia
moral authority

Literary usage of Moraceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"A fact of special significance is that precisely similar bodies occur in the moraceous genus Cecropia and the ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"... for bread-fruit—is moraceous, and comprises about forty species, chiefly trees and shrubs, indigenous to the Indo-Malayan region. ..."

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