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moraceous

moraceous adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.

Adjective

moraceous (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
    • The amatl paper was made from the inner bark of a moraceous tree; of these trees there are 55 genera and over 700 species, of wide distribution, nearly 600 being comprised in the single genus Ficus.1978, Dard Hunter, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, page 26

Origin of moraceous

Latin morus (“mulberry tree”) + -aceous.

Questions about moraceous

What does moraceous mean?
Moraceous means of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
What part of speech is moraceous?
Moraceous is an adjective.

Words near moraceous in the dictionary

  1. morabitino
  2. morabitinos
  3. Morabito
  4. morabukea
  5. Morace
  6. moraceous
  7. Moraces
  8. morache
  9. moraches
  10. moracin
  11. moracins

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