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moriform

moriform adjective: mulberry-like.

Adjective

moriform (comparative more moriform, superlative most moriform)

  1. Mulberry-like.
    • A moriform (blackberry-like) capitulum is one in which the flower-buds are longer than the interfloral bracts prior to anthesis; when the buds are concealed prior to anthesis by imbricated bracts or by interlocking bracteal setae the capitulum is termed conelike.1985, Rupert C. Barneby, The Genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) in Bahia, Brazil: New Taxa and Nomenclatural Adjustments, in Brittonia, vol. 37, no. 2

Forms of moriform

comparativemore moriform
superlativemost moriform

Origin of moriform

Borrowed from Latin morus (“mulberry”) + -form.

Questions about moriform

What does moriform mean?
Moriform means mulberry-like.
What part of speech is moriform?
Moriform is an adjective.

Words near moriform in the dictionary

  1. morids
  2. Moridunian
  3. morient
  4. Morier
  5. Morieux
  6. moriform
  7. Morigaon
  8. morigeration
  9. morigerous
  10. Moriguchi
  11. Moriguchis

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