moraceous

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.

OriginLatin morus →
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Meanings

adjectivemoraceous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, 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

  1. Latinmorus“mulberry tree”
  2. Englishmoraceous

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

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Translations

Spanish móreo, moráceo
  • móreoof or pertaining to the genus Moraceae
  • moráceoof or pertaining to the genus Moraceae
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moraceous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moraceous.

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